Monday, May 23, 2005

I am going to start mowing my lawn at 2am

Although I didn't mean it to be that way, this blog has taken on the role of place to come and bitch. But this deserves to be bitched about. Sunday mornings mean to most Americans a day off from work. Time for church etc. However to my redneck neighbors Sunday mornings approx. 6-7am means time to fire up the lawnmower and finish that deck. I awoke to a loud chainsaw, then repeated hammering. Soon there after another redneck awakens and decides its time to mow the lawn. Now I'm all for nice neat mowed lawns. However 7am on a sunday morning is a little excessive. It is bad enough that the house next door has one redneck man, but his son lives there also and seems to consider himself quite handy. A highschool dropout that spends his days working on his camaro in the drive that I do not believe will go down the road but only has the ability to go "VROOM...VROOM....VROOOOOM in the driveway. I have vowed to get myself a handy light and attach this to the mower. Since I work night shift, I think I will start mowing my lawn at 2am. Since technically this is my afternoon. Maybe if I can keep the rednecks up late with me then I can get some sleep around here in the mornings.

Friday, May 20, 2005

Ape?

ape
ape,
originally uploaded by SassyNurse.
I don't think this is an Ape..but it is still one of my favorites from the zoo!

duck

duck
duck,
originally uploaded by SassyNurse.
Taken at Cincinnati Zoo April 2005.

Forgotten Blog

I seem to once again forgotten that this thing existed. Maybe because I know no one wants to hear what it is I have to say. You can only complain about work, co-workers, family, life in general so many times without becoming annoying. But I will complain about one thing that I am sure most everyone can relate to. I hate liars. I hate people that assume they know how to screw with other people. I do like that most people that are this way generally turn out to be much more ignorant then myself. Not that I am bragging by any means, just that it just usually works that way. Life lesson if you are one of these people (liar, trouble maker, b*tch, etc): You should take some effort to find out if the person your screwing with has more brains then you. You might that you started something you do not want the other person to step in and finish for you. Just a little thought here.

Work...What else can I say about it. Another day, more stress. Although I must admit it has been pretty nice around work lately. Besides the fact that I am not a good person to put into the position of making sure others do their jobs. I hate to have to discipline someone. It makes me sick to my stomach. I generally have the attitude that if your an adult, then you do not need a babysitter. I have enough to do and quite honestly I don't get paid well enough to make sure you are doing what you are supposed to be doing. But that's how life goes. Theres always someone that seems to think that even though when they signed up for a job and was told this is what you do, failed to think that meant that was what they do. Mind boggling to say the least.

Finally made my longtime thought about purchase of a really nice digital camera more then a thought. I bought this Canon S70. So far I am impressed with the pictures I have took, but also disappointed. Not in the camera itself. I am sure it can do many great things. But I am learning pretty fast that it is defiantly not a point and shoot kind of camera. I need to spend some time on learning how to use it. I was so excited when we visited the zoo and found these wonderful fake waterfalls. I couldn't wait to take those awesome photos where the water is falling over the rocks, blurred and serene looking. Somewhere along the way I have only learned how to slow the shutter speed down. It never occurredddd to me that I also needed to learn how to set the light speed, or whatever it is called. So needless to say my picture was all white. I did take a couple with the pre-set settings that turned out fairly well. I will post a couple of my favorites in a minute.