Computer Dating to The Extreme

I admit, I have a listing on Match.com. It has a picture from 5 years ago and I don't think I have updated it really since then, although I am thinking about doing that.

But I just read this story: Woman Kills Virtual Ex-Husband and thought, "That is just a little crazy."

I've had some bad breakups, but I don't think I could ever get quite so attached to a virtual mate that when they dumped me I would hack into their system and kill them. Well, that and I'm not really certain that I would know how to hack into some body's system....Maybe I could just hire a virtual hit man, instead....

Why Are People So Disgusting?

I got on my elevator in my apartment complex this morning and was confronted with a very disgusting blob of spit. Why would somebody do that?

I can understand, although I don't condone it, spitting on the ground when you are outside. I've dated my share of guys who dip and need some place to get rid of the juice. I also have family who work in the great outdoors and every now and then something gets in your mouth and you have to spit it out on the ground. I'm okay with that, not thrilled, but okay. And even outdoors, I don't think there is really a need to just spit as you are walking down the sidewalk, as I have seen people do, causing me to then change my path so that I can avoid the giant loogie on the ground.

And, yes, I feel that it is mostly men who spit, although I just don't understand why. I don't recall my Dad EVER spitting, nor my brother-in-law. (These being the two primary men in my life that all other men are compared to.) So why do other men feel the need that spitting anywhere, any time is okay?

And who ever taught these people that spitting indoors was EVER acceptable? I realize that it is "just an elevator floor" or "just a concrete lobby floor", but it is still a floor and indoors. Its not like the rain is going to come along and wash it away. It is going to sit there like a giant icky blob until the building super gets around to mopping the floors, which I really don't think is high on his "to do" list!!

So tell me, if you know the answer, why are people so disgusting?

World of Warcraft...Maybe Not

So, about this time last year I was addicted to playing World of Warcraft (a.k.a. WoW) and I admit that there are times when I miss playing it. But, luckily, I was never anywhere close to being this sick about playing: Biggest Warcraft Addict Ever.

Let's all take a moment of silence for ABBA's dropping of that obsession....

I did like beating the @#$*# out of creatures and imagining them as people I work with, but now I am finding a healthier outlet for getting those feelings out. Now I just argue with them until they bend to my will. Of course this happens as I am walking and only in my head, but it makes me feel better!!

Wagon Status

Just a short note to give an update on where I am regarding getting back on the wagon o' health.

1. I've walked the Stanford Dish 3 times this week and have noted that since the first time I walked it, I have improved my time by 15 minutes. My goal is still to get it done in under and hour, which I am 3 minutes away from doing. After I've managed to do that, I'm going to start doing two laps, hopefully.
2. I'm very jealous of one of my co-workers who left the company yesterday. She told me that she sat down and thought back over the past 5 years to determine what job she had that made her the most happy. She said that her new position would allow her to come in to the office, sit at her computer, put on her headphones and just power through test scripts and documenting what issues occurred. No managing other people. No being on call. Man, I want a job like that where I don't have to deal with all the stupid questions that people come to me with. In that context, I've updated my resume and am scanning the monster.com and careerbuilder sites as needed. (Never mind the fact that when I was looking at a job on careerbuilder this week it somehow had a virus attached and then infected my work computer, but whatever.)
3. Through my friend Angie's Facebook site, I've been surfing through some of her friends' pages and am very impressed with all the artsy people out there that have actually made that part of their life work. I'm working on that. I'm working on a business plan to get my quilts out into the public eye and possibly sell some.
4. I've pulled out my Osho Zen Tarot cards and they keep "telling" me that it is time for change or change is on the horizon...maybe here really is something in that.
5. The biggest and hardest part for me is shutting out the voices in my head that keep telling me that I can't do it and that I'm going to be a disappointment. But that one is being beaten into submission, so hopefully it'll go away soon as well.

Anyway, that is the update. I appreciate everybody's support and filling of the love-tank.