August 31

New season of Tool Academy last night, the new tools are even bigger jerks than last time. Most of these guys are ugly. I'm trying to develop a liking for beer, since it's cheaper than the chick drinks I usually order when I go out. $3.00 for a domestic is better than $6 or $7 for a margarita. I think Coors Lite is a little better than the others I've tried, it's not as strong tasting, I still have to drink it out of a glass though.

August 24

Yesterday I was walking out of my condo to head to the animal shelter and one of my Muslim neighbors in traditional head to toe religious garb with her head covered was making a call on her cell phone, which was really high tech looking, nicer than mine, which I thought was kind of funny. I'm almost out of my cell phone contract, in October I can switch to Verizon, and will actually have decent coverage. In September I'm requesting a week of vacation so I can drive up to Kentucky and visit my Grandparents, I haven't seen them since Christmas.

August 18

It's been a year this month, this week in fact, since my former "friend" the drunk walked out of my life and I've never been happier. I still don't know how I could have been so blind or naive to let someone treat me that way. Like most drunks/addicts, I'll be she never gave me a second thought once she moved on to her next target. I was just a non-person to her, a mark to enable her addiction. Never again. I am in a better place now, literally. Live and learn.

August 10

I have bought some rather unattractive new curtains for the living room. They are completely functional and not decorative. Supposedly they will keep out 90% of the sun's rays and also give me some more privacy since the blinds have gaps in them. They might also keep the room a little cooler for Luci when I'm not home. School started back today and I had to sit and wait at the intersection for ten solid minutes. I hate this time of year. It might be worth just turning the other way every morning even if it is a little out of my way to go around the school crossings.

August 9

UFC 101 was a joke. I should have just gone to see Star Trek instead. First Amir gets his fight stopped as he's getting back up, then Forrest Griffin gets knocked out by some piddly assed little jab my Grandmother could have shaken off. It will be a while before I pay to see another fight. On a positive note, it looks like I'm getting to keep my cable, Comcast made me a pretty good offer.

August 6

I found the perfect antenna, I have all the local channels. Now I just need to figure out how to make it work with my VCR. This is frustrating. They moved me to a new cubicle at work, I don't have as much space as I used to, but the acoustics are better.

August 4

It looks like I'm about to lose my cable at the condo. For the past couple of years I've been paying $20 a month for full cable. It seems that if you pay for the basic limited package of cable quality local channels you also get regular cable because the cable company can't split the signal. I mean, it's just a simple set up and I still use a VCR, but it's only $22 a month or so after taxes. Now they've figured out a way to split the signal, and everyone with regular cable is going to get a digital box to keep the riff raff like myself from getting channels over 27, so after September 15 I'm going to be without cable, since I refuse to pay $60 a month for it and I can get the local channels for free now that everything's gone digital. I just need a decent antenna.

August 1

The Rascal Flatts were great last night, I had lawn seats, but once they hit the stage I was on my feet the whole time so it didn't matter. A woman sitting next to me in the grass was obviously past her limit, party wise. She threw up in the grass and a couple of employees came over to check on her. People were laughing and taking pictures of her on her cell phone. Meanwhile, her friends just disappeared on her, some friends. I hope she got home okay. Me & my friend that I was supposed to come with had to go separately and we never did see each other, I'm still waiting to hear from her to see if she had fun. Turns out, for $10 extra I could have upgraded my seat, but at least it didn't rain. I have pretty good pavillion seats to see Creed next month at the same location, which will be even better. I just hope their album comes out before the show.