So my life recently. I had a lot of fun when everyone came over and we went drinking. But then I had to get back to the real world. Work has been annoying. I can’t believe how stupid some people are. I had a lady looking for stair treads, I show them to her and she’s like no no no, I want those rubber ones. I stare at her and ask if she wants the covers, she agrees and I send her back to floor coverings where she came from because she didn’t know what and the hell she was talking about. Another lady today, wanted an egress window. So I try and explain the math to her, she would not listen. She had to type it into the calculator, and I had to explain to her how to do that, then I confused her with the conversion from inches to feet. Since they were square you have to use the square to convert, she wanted to just use 12 not 144 and could not figure out why she didn’t get a correct answer even though it was repeatedly explained to her. Roger and Scott ended up working together to make her happy, I left before they were able to finish. I got a funny compliment from a customer yesterday. She said, “You must be an English major, you enunciate very clearly.” I had to laugh really hard, because Josh is always complaining that I don’t enunciate very clearly saying that I speak poorly. I really like Roger as a manager. Normally you feel that your manager is above you and that you have to act differently around them. Today after waiting on a guy he says, “Stupid redneck hick…” It was hard for me to not laugh my ass off. So, work isn’t too bad, just annoying.

Now onto the home front. I thought I was getting used to Josh. I realized that it was because he was gone for a few days. He had been spending the night at boy’s houses. One night at Corey’s for his B-Day, the rest who knows. Once he got back it all started over again. Whatever I say is wrong. He tried to arrange the living room tonight. He kept asking for my help to move stuff, I would tell him that it wasn’t going to fit there and let him move it himself to prove the point. Once stuff got there, he says oh. Then complains. Another annoying thing is that he keeps referring to me as flaming. If I’m flaming for a gay man, then your definition of straight acting is very narrow. Not that there’s anything wrong with being flaming, it’s just something I would prefer not to be, because it is slightly irritating to me.

Talked with Jason the other night, Josh’s, not Rocky or my roommate. He had blocked Josh and refused to speak with him. So Josh calls the other night and left a message on his machine. Since Josh couldn’t get a hold of him, he had a friend IM Jay to get around the block. Jay has very similar opinions of Joshie. I’ve come to the realization that Josh can’t stand it if any guy isn’t under his control. I think that is why I bother him so much. I may be quiet and reserved, but I do have a personality and it is my own, I will not bend it to meet his. He also can’t stand being dumped. He keeps going after the guys trying to get them back. He can’t admit that he himself may have actually done something wrong to cause the end of it. Jay is glad that he doesn’t have to have anything to do with him anymore. But somehow I gained a friend, and I’ve never met the guy. I just got his SN from Josh.

Remember a month ago when I got rear-ended? I get to go to small claims court. The guy won’t pay out and neither will his insurance company. So, I have to sue him to get money out of him. Grrr.

Josh really wanted to go for a walk tonight. I decided to humor him. Well we just walked around downtown K-Zoo. Not much new there. I did manage to hear an extremely funny story though. Josh was cutting his hair today with those electric clippers. Nothing abnormal there. And for whatever reason he wanted to shave more, so he did his chest and stuff. Well, he decided to go lower as well. I guess he managed to catch part of his scrotum in the clippers. I laughed for about five minutes straight. That’s about it.

Today was a great day. Woke up early to call my dad, he had already left for work. Ate breakfast and had a nap. Actually got up and took a shower. Katie called, went over there. Stopped by Menards with her and got some stuff. Then went to South Haven. Walked through the shops and went to the beach. Swam in Lake Michigan, warm near shore, really cold as I got out there farther. I should have worn swim trunks, I hate wet underwear. Came back and planted flowers at Katie’s house. Came home and have been talking with Jana and Dave. They seem to be doing well. Not much else new, just feeling happy today.

I have just witnessed another example of Josh’s great intelligence. The fire alarm started going off, I walk in the kitchen. He has butter in a frying pan, I tell him it’s burning. He insisted that it was just steam that you cannot burn butter. As far as I know, you can burn any substance you like. Correct?

I had to laugh at his away message: Maybe I'm getting a bit jaded, but maybe I should forget about the love shit, and try to find a relationship only for the regular sex part. Sounds cold, I know, but since the love part never works out, maybe it's time to be practical.

I know that I was hoping he would be a much better roommate. I’ve come to terms with the fact that he won’t be. I now tell him stuff to his face without any sugar coating. Had a bitch session last night, hopefully that helps. Lindsey laughed her ass off after reading it, so I guess I did something right.

I am now finding more entertainment from this, and I think that I am able to not take it as seriously as I have been before.

Well let’s see. I went in to work early on Sunday like Roger asked. When I got off work, I went over to Katie’s house. Sat around and talked, watched TV. Got some triple black and drank with them. Mike, Jackie’s ex was there. Nice to have another guy around. Spent the night over there. Woke up, Katie cooked breakfast. Came home and took a nap. Woke up and then Katie & Mike came over, went to East Campus and played Frisbee. Went back over to their house watched some movies. Saw the beginning of Old School. Not too bad. Then saw Drumline. Would not recommend it even though others have to me. Poor movie. Josh has a new guy. Not much new there. Got a washer and dryer, I’ll use those tonight when I get back from the meeting at work. I have the feeling like my life is nothing. I mean yeah I’m going to school, I have a job, I have friends and stuff, but my life seems empty or plain or something that I can’t think of a word for. I think that’s why I’ve been depressed and moody lately. I’m open to suggestions.

I hope that most of you know that I use Woohu to vent my frustrations. I’m not actually this bitchy or petty. It just helps to get things off my head, and if I’m in a good mood I don’t want to get it off my head, so most of my entries are when I’m bitchy.

So I’m going to start this one on a high note. Went to a movie with Mike last night. Wrong Turn. Actually decent. I didn’t like the end, but that’s normal for me. Mike and I decided characters, since there were so few he, Andy, and I were the only ones. Andy died right away, later on mike got four arrows in his back, and I lived through it all. Took Mike home and went to sleep.

Well for the bitchyness. Is that spelled with an ie instead of y? Well one of my toilets never worked correctly, no big deal we didn’t use the one downstairs anyway so I told the landlord that it could wait and to fix other stuff first. Well, the other one broke Thursday. I left them a message and they didn’t contact me. So I went and bought the parts last night and they now work well. I tried putting up the blinds that they left to replace the broken ones. They’re too big.

On to today. Plenty of stupid people at work. More so than normal. Got sent home early. Then he told me to come in early tomorrow. I can’t figure out why that is, but whatever. I get home… Josh did the dishes for what seems to be the first time. I looked at it a little funny because it was the same washcloth as last time. No big deal I have two matching sets, so chances are he just grabbed one of the matching ones. But then I noticed he didn’t dry them and didn’t get a towel out. That got me to thinking. I went and checked. Rather than get a clean cloth from the drawer, he went into my closet and dug through my dirty laundry to get the rag. I was pissed that he would actually go into my room while the door is shut, and dig through my laundry. So I actually told him to his face, in a polite manner. He just brushed it off and tried talking about his day. I kept after it to actually make him admit some wrong and to use a clean washcloth if he was going to wash dishes. No such luck. I got blamed on not putting the washcloths in a sensible drawer. There aren’t that many drawers in the house, was it actually easier to dig through my laundry? Anyway me being me, once I was already bitching at him, I decided to get a few other things out in the open. Contrary to prior occasions I actually stayed calm and polite. It ended up with him “yelling” and saying, “Sorry I didn’t come from an upper middle class family”. By now I’m ready to beat the shit out of him. Yes my parents are slightly well off. We are not upper middle class. The only reason they have money is because their house looks like shit and hasn’t seen any maintenance since they bought it when they got married. My brother moved out so they have one less person to pay for, but they’re shelling out a shitload out on my tuition even after my loans, they even refinanced the house to pay for last semester.

Then I go to the bathroom. My towel, which had been hanging up, was stuffed in a bucket. I have no idea why and I’m not even going to bother bringing it up because I probably will just deck him. How can a person that is so smart be so fucking dumb?

His rat died yesterday. He didn’t notice until today. It’s sad that it died, but I am trying so hard to not laugh as I write this. He can’t even take care of a rat. A rat. They are self-sufficient. How can you kill a rat? Even when you want to kill them they’re hard to kill.

There are my ramblings for the day. Feel free to make fun of my problems; I hope someone gets some enjoyment out of them. I’m certainly not.

Went to a movie Saturday with Mike. The Italian Job. Really good movie. Not something that leaves you with a strong thought at the end, but well done and entertaining. Just a good action flick with an actual plot. Cute guys too, I think Mike liked the lead girl too. Woke up this morning when Jay got here. Met his dad, according to Jay, Josh and I are straight, I think his dad knew though. He looked at us slightly differently as if he suspected. Decent guy though. We now have an entertainment center and a couch in the living room. Some of their friends came over when Jay’s dad left. Bobby who I had met before and Justin whom I met today. Went out to lunch. Very entertaining conversations with those two. Sometime later Jay explained his legal situation. He’s been arrested and is out on $15,000 bond. The pre-trial hearing happened already. They offered him 5 years in prison and being listed on the sex offenders’ list. They’re going to trial. Tried to patch my gas tank today. The shroud came off really easy. The spot where it’s leaking is up against the cross member for the frame so I need to drop the tank out. I tried to get the bolts loose holding the tank up. No success. All I have is a small ratchet set and the ratchet has a fairly short handle. Couldn’t get enough leverage, plus they were pretty rusty. I’ll get some of that spray grease that’s supposed to get through rust.

Ok, Internet. Josh was given this task. He finally signed up. They come out tomorrow. We’re going through Charter. Since Josh didn’t sign up for cable TV there is an extra $10 on the bill. It would only be an extra $4 per month to get cable TV. Josh said it is up to me if I want that. I wanted to wring his neck. For $4 I don’t have to worry about getting an antenna for my TV or anything. He freaked because there was a $30 activation fee. Silly me, but I paid for a lot of stuff, shell out the stupid $30. Earlier in the day he brought up that he couldn’t help but feel that there is some tension between us. I told him the reasoning. His reaction: I’m too stingy. I wanted to yell fuck you asshole. I’m too nice though, and I like him. I also loaned him $120 so he could pay for stuff. He thinks I should pay for stuff because I can afford it. I tell him, I have NO money and I’m just using credit cards. His thought is that I have the cards available so I should use them. I should loan him money so that he can keep himself out of debt, while I go farther in. This is the only loan he will get. Anything beyond now he can bail himself out. I shouldn’t have to pay for someone on a full ride because he quit his job. He spilled about his latest boyfriend last night. I really wanted to punch him after that. He complained that he felt no passion for Joe. Whatever dump the guy. Then he went on to say that he may be a bit heavy, but he used to be a lot heavier, and was going to look better later. Josh, he has about as much padding as you, if he has to get in better shape just so that you feel attracted to him, why did you start dating him? The worst part is he’s leading Joe on. I don’t think that he knows that Josh is only with him because of what Josh believes he will become in the future. He brought Josh a rose last night, I thought it was sweet; it’s still laying on the counter, not in water or anything. He also hasn’t cleaned yet. I’m going to have to again. GRRR. The police report was filed for Jay. It looks as if we may have to find someone to take his lease over. There’s too much shit going on and I’m way too nice.

Well, my first day at Menards. Could have started better. Got there at 7am thinking I would start early. Well the guy set an appointment and didn’t tell me the time. So I got to go back at 1pm. I got there at quarter to and Linda was not happy. She said I was early and would have to come back later. I could not sit in the office and wait. They didn’t even let me punch in until I started my job so I don’t see what her problem was. Orientation was easy, lots of stupid rules, like I can’t chew gum. Greg was a pretty good orientation guy. He seems like he’s tired of his job, but he tried hard. My boss Kris seems really nice; she talks a lot, but very friendly. I work 9-5 for the rest of the week. Seems like I’ll get good hours. Kris didn’t even know that she was getting a new person until I showed up looking for hours. I guess their communication isn’t too great.

I finally figured out how to heat my room without turning on the furnace. If I don’t put my computer in standby at night and leave the door shut all day it stays fairly warm. My plants seem to be happy already. Nine more hours and I’ll be at work. My first day of work. AIM express is really annoying. It’s missing too many features. Josh has been given sources for all things necessary for Internet, just a matter of waiting.

Rob, Hera, & Marshall left yesterday afternoon. Mike came over and watched the Matrix. Then we went and saw Matrix 2. I was expecting something much worse after what you guys had to say. I agree the rave scene was a bit much, but all of the useless scenes helped to explain life down there. I wondered what life would actually be like that far beneath the surface. The chase scenes were neat too. All GM cars, big plus, and Ducati motorcycles. Also for Andy’s comment about Neo’s “powers” I don’t think that they’re actually powers. They are ability. He still has a residual connection with the computers after killing the Matrix, so he can control some of the computers. After I got back watched Gladiator with Josh. Fell asleep, might watch it again.

Blah. Can’t wait until today is over. Tomorrow should be fun. Don’t feel like writing today. Maybe tomorrow.

Saturday: Spent about seven hours in the car today. Woke up at 6 AM Central time to take the Jimmy to the body shop. Hour there and another back. At least they’ll fix it right. Then once mom got ready we went on some art tour that was in the paper. There were a few neat stops. I got a plant and a mug. The mug is homemade with a really neat glaze on it. The plant will fill the pot that was sitting on top of Jason’s TV with candy. The worst part about the tour that no two shops were close together. They were in neighboring towns. This is Wisconsin. Saying neighboring town is like saying Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids. So there was another five hours. Then once we got back, we find out that mom left her CC at one of the shops. She complains that she’s tired of driving. So I drive out there and pick it up and come back. When we get back, she makes the observation: Oh you must be tired of driving too. No shit Sherlock. Dad cooked dinner on the grill, that was nice. Then I drove into town and got some movies. Dad drove on the way back. Another hour in the truck. So, there’s been a shitload of miles put on our vehicles in the last two days. Tomorrow I go to Minnesota for a car show. Have to make a stop in New Richmond and get some stuff from my aunt’s house. I forgot to mention. T-Mobile exaggerated their network by a few hundred miles. I have coverage for Eau Claire and Madison/Milwaukee area. The rest of the state I have a no network error. I think I’ll be canceling my contract while I’m in the two week grace period. Now I get to find a new service provider. Have to see what to do about the phone too. I like this phone, who knows what T-Mobile will want to do with that, and what the new provider will want to do. Night folks. Have a good weekend.