Good Friday

Yes...I work at the Free Will Baptist Press and I don't have Good Friday off. No worries though. They gave us Monday instead and I would much rather sleep in on a Monday!

I'm gonna take one moment to vent this afternoon. While driving to work this morning, a dog starting to run across the street. Now, bear in mind that I'm in the left lane so I notice it first and immediately decelerate. The dog has almost completely crossed when this complete DOUCHE beside me speeds up and tries to hit this poor animal! Really, fool?! What could possibly be going so badly in your life that you intentionally try to injure a defenseless animal? I was livid. Luckily, the dog was unharmed, but still...my blood was boiling. So, as a public service, I took a picture of this poor excuse for a human-being's car to share with everyone. I suppose I really shouldn't expect anything classy from someone who writes "MUSTANG" on their back bumper with a Sharpie marker. Just surprised about how intentionally cruel some people can be. And yes, I did take this photo with my phone while driving....don't judge me. FYI, if I see this car in a parking lot, I'm keying it:

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Time to vent...

I'm buying a gun and a giant man-eating dog. Then I'm putting up a sign that says "Trespassers will be shot and/or eaten." That's right, people...someone stole some things out of my car. Looking at the big picture, I didn't lose a lot. It could have been much worse. All that was missing was my iPod nano and my make-up bag (but seriously, WHO steals someone else's make-up?) It's well over $300 worth of stuff, but they didn't do any damage and thank goodness I didn't leave anything more expensive in there. What really bothers me is losing my sense of security. My car was parked at the back of my house which is located a block away from a police station. Just for the record, my car door was unlocked and the reason I leave it unlocked is because I considered it a blessing to feel safe enough to do so. The thought of someone coming onto my property and rifling through my belongings still leaves me with mixed feelings of being angry and creeped out. So, I went to the store and bought more flood lights to put around the back of the house, locked the doors on the vehicles and double locked my garage. The neighbors have been notified and now anytime Molly (my neighbor's german shepherd) barks, I'm going outside with a baseball bat and a telephone. Consider yourselves warned, people! I swing first and ask questions later ;)

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Gotta love new toys

I'm absolutely thrilled because my flash arrived earlier than I expected. Love, love, love it! The only bad thing about it is that it's about the same size as my camera! It makes holding the camera a little more awkward, but I'm sure I'll get used to it. Get ready for a ton of new pics now that I'm completely equipped. Did I mention I love this thing? So excited! (I'm such a nerd. Shut up, Kari).

And I definitely have to mention this. I guess I don't really HAVE to, but I found it a little amusing. This morning on the way to work, I somehow ended up in a road rage sandwich. One of my biggest pet peeves are me-monsters who don't pay attention to the people around them, especially when they're navigating 4000+ lb vehicle. These two cars decided that they would ride at the exact same speed down the highway side by side. That annoys me already, but even more so is that the speed they decided to go was 50 mph. Ugh, just ugh. I'm not really sure where these people were going, but I have a 45 minute commute and I'd really rather not stretch it out any further than it needs to be. So, I'm riding behind this huge GMC SUV and this lady is obviously oblivious to the amount of traffic accumalating behind her. Directly behind me is a very impatient 18-wheeler. How do I know he was impatient, you ask? Well, he was about 12 feet (that's right, I measured) behind my bumper, and he begins to honk his horn. Not once, but several times. Does this phaze our me-monster GMC driver? Of course not because she's still ridin' that left lane like she's the only one there. So after about 10-15 minutes of this fun little escapade, the 18-wheeler is able to move over and pass in the right lane. And of course these two procede to exhibit their class by making obscene gestures and yelling at each other through open windows. Then he takes the high road and almost clips the front of her car as he cuts her off. Now...while I was slightly annoyed about the whole situation, I really couldn't be too mad because this whole scene was so amusing. But I couldn't help but think after it was all over that I should be the one getting pissed off. I mean, I'm stuck behind a retarded driver with tunnel vision and a tailgating big rig. Unlike these two, I really can't see myself flipping off another driver though. However, if they had caused me to wreck, you better believe both of them would feel the wrath of my red-headed temper.

And finally, here's my confession of the day: I'm a moron. Ok, it's a confession, not necessarily a surprise. While typing this blog in Safari, I "somehow" deleted the search bar. Yeah....i know. I didn't even know you could do that. The problem is that I can't get it to come back...lol. It's so sad. I had to resort to using FireFox because I can't type in a web address in Safari. I'm so stupid—Why, if I were lying face down on the floor, I wouldn't have sense enough to turn my head to breathe. (<----Bonus points if you knew where I got that from).

Anyway, enough rambling. I'm going to go get some dinner and prepare to watch Pitchmen tonight. I don't even know why I like this show.

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