Having applied for every so called "good" job in this town this week i'm starting my search for crappy jobs.  Two craptastic jobs to be exact.  I dream of running (driving) away from home but can't afford the gas.

My boss is coming back from vacation today.  We can only hope he loses his snarky wife at the airport.  She posted signs all over w$#k before they left.  I've learned there is a direct connection between the number of posted notes/signs and the miserableness of a job.  I dislike control freaks as much as whole wheat pasta.  It shouldnt hurt so much to earn a paycheck.

My poor dog is getting even older.  We think he's lost his hearing now.  I'm not far behind. 

This morning i was washing my hair and the shampoo wasnt lathering.  So i used another handful.  Still no bubbles. Weird.  It wasnt until i got to the conditioner part that i noticed thats what i had been using all along.

 Last week i brewed and drank half a cup of the worst coffee before i discovered i hadnt put fresh grounds in the filter.   This is the Universe slapping me upside the head for making fun of my 12 yr older roomie all these years.

posted by: rustymadgal at 05/31/06 05:04 | link | comments (7) |

Someday i will fulfill my destiny and quit my job since i handed in my notice weeks ago.  But today i got a raise.

Snake on a trail!  Run Away!  Run Away!  This seemingly innocent but pernicious garter snake tried to stare me to death.  With one eye! He's a cunning little devil.  I barely strolled away with my life!












All traces of cold weather are gone and its time for me to burn off my protective layer of body insulation for the summer.  Thats what i like to call my fat from too much chocolate and couch time.  Having a gut is actually more of a safety thing during the winter.

I've cut my internet time down to barely 14 hours a day and have embarked on an intensive hiking/low junkfood regimen.   I'm not exactly scaling K2 but in the past 8 days i've hiked a total of 39 miles with a combined elevation gain of over 8000 feet.   Have hill climbed down in the 100 deg heat and have gasped my way up a mountain to 10,418 ft.   Self control isnt exactly my middle name so i've felt very proud of myself.

So yesterday, i got on the scale for the first time since starting and found out i've gained 4 freaking pounds!  What in the hell is going on?  The only thing i can figure is some kind of genetic mutation from spending all that time in the desert.  Water does weigh 8lbs a gallon.  I think somehow my ass has begun storing it.  Its the only explanation.

posted by: rustymadgal at 05/15/06 15:48 | link | comments (10) |

Have you ever felt your life is like going to a B movie and you just sat in gum?

posted by: rustymadgal at 05/13/06 10:16 | link | comments (6) |

Darn ancient kids and their graffiti.  I bet they were letting their brontosaurus poop on what would someday be my lawn (actually trimmed weeds on dirt)  too.












There was a volunteer at this petroglyph site to explain what was known.  All of the human/animal figures have a little indentation ground into them.  It was part of some ritual. The people would eat the ground stone from the etching to gain the power of the subject.  

Power,  thats just what i need about now.  I decided to recreate this ceremony back at the trailer.   Since i pawned my rock carving tools to pay the vet bills i decided to use toast as my medium.

While my roomie was at his crappy band practice,  i carefully burnt the image of my unknown future boss into a slice of his whole wheat bread.   Somebody has to hire me at some point, right?

 Next i took a big bite of my future boss figure to gain their power.  It was much better than ground up rock.

Not sure how to end the ceremony i spread the remainder of the sacred toast with peanut butter and fed it to Son. 



I think it may have worked but for Son not for me.  When i got up this morning he had the cats in a board meeting and told me to hold all calls.

posted by: rustymadgal at 05/10/06 21:32 | link | comments (4) |

Hiked this peak  yesterday because it was there and it beat reading the classifieds.  











nice lava flow




cool local
























I was hoping  by the time i sweated my way to the top a revelation about what i should do with my life would  surface.   It didnt work.  Couldnt get past thinking of lunch.   The view and the sunshine felt great.

posted by: rustymadgal at 05/07/06 08:14 | link | comments (10) |

"I'd like to wish you the best in your future endeavors."  So ended the rejection letter that came in todays mail.













I passed by this audiobook in the bargain bin at Safeway yesterday.   Its cowritten by a M.D.  Does this mean happiness at w#@k is attainable  through meditation with a little medication backup?  I already knew that but those damn urine tests keep getting in the way!

Thanks Mo'friends for all your support and positive vibes the last month.  Back to the drawing board.

posted by: rustymadgal at 05/05/06 14:21 | link | comments (4) |