Things which have filled me with rage recently....

- Time Warner is the most irritating thing. I work from home. I need a reliable internet connection. For some reason, this is impossible with Time Warner. I lost nearly 40 minutes of work time this evening because the internet just stopped working for no reason. Nothing is more irksome than having to crawl under Mike's desk, which is positioned in just about the most inconvenient way possible, to access the cable connection in the wall. Then I had to find the leatherman to unscrew the cable because the damn thing was so slippery and tight, and did I mention I'm on my stomach in an awkward position trying to deal with a mess of cables? Ugh. Fuck you Time Warner and your shitty service. I had Grande for two years and I miss them so much because this never happened with them.

Can't someone just help me connect directly to the internet tubes? Forget this middle man business. I'm getting my own tube.

- Someone out there named their daughter Hannah Banana. Really. I'm so sorry.

- Why is it that when writing a product review of a lotion or a television a person feels the need to talk all about how their husband had cancer and was an Army vet and now they are X number of years young and praise America! None of that has to do with the product. I read one tonight where this woman spent all her time talking about how a tornado destroyed her house and the nurses in the hospital were so friendly and always wanted to talk with her. In case you couldn't tell, that was a review for a fake diamond ring.

- When they aren't telling stories, some customers express a staggering amount of entitlement. If I had a dime for every Bath & Body Works review where someone complained about how the company RUINED their birthday or made them SO SAD because they discontinued a product. Because it is SO NOT FAIR and clearly this is THE WORST BUSINESS DECISION EVER.

- Why do people write nonsensical crap about "the good old days" and how "everything was so much simpler and better" when they review an ice cream flavor? Seriously? This is fast becoming a pet peeve. There were no good old days folks. Never. Never ever. Shut up about it and eat your ice cream cone.

- My Netflix are not here and they were supposed to be here today. Today! I demand immediate gratification. Really I just want the next season of Oz.

- Since I woke up at 3am Friday morning, it seems appropriate that I am going to try to go to bed at 4am Saturday. I did take a couple little naps in the day, though I have that hollow throated ache and my head hurts. Please work, little Ambien pill.

It's Caturday, keep it lazy

more cat pictures

This picture sums up feelings I have had many a time for couches. Hahaha.

In honor of Caturday, and Koshka's subtle improvement & weight gain, I bring you lots of LOLcats.

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James & Stephen are out of town, so I'm taking care of their kittens. OMG, kittehs. they are terribly cute, still in that wee stage where one of them can climb up the back of your leg and shirt to your shoulder to demand your attention. They leap onto me the second I step in the door, purring as loud as little rock tumblers. They don't even give me a hard time about their medicine for their colds.

This evening we watched Stalker, directed by Tarkovsky. It was pretty good, and very atmospheric. I read the wiki entry about the film and apparently the outdoor shots were done in Estonia. It's beautiful and vaguely terrifying.