Morbid Romantic

………….transcendental maggot………….

I was sitting here tonight trying to think of all the things I need to do for my own move.

First, I need to get my PO Box.  It’s about $30 for six months and I want the piece of mind enough to have it, to have my own private place for my mail and correspondence.  Alfee is fine with it since I explained to him that it would make me more comfortable and give me a bit of control over my own life.  Plus, I do a lot of holiday exchanges and I don’t want to give out the address.

Maybe I can get Alfee to take me out for a bit this weekend coming so that I can get my PO Box arranged and then work on my address changes in the meantime before our 60 day notice here is up the beginning of October.  That way, I will still be able to get my mail here or have it begin the transfer over and collect somewhere safe.

Change Address:
- The bank
- My domains & hosting company
- PPP and SS
- Adsense & Rightstuf
- School alumni societies
- Honor societies
- ARVLFC
- Shojobeat subscription
- Amazon.com
- The Historian Journal
- The National Education Association (NEA)
- Voter registration and ID card
- Paypal / eBay

I also need to cancel my phone and DSL here.  I think that’s all I have to cancel as far as those sorts of things go.

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Yeah, we all know that petitions aren’t the most effective things for getting your way. But, they are a means of protest, which everyone has the right to do. Whether or not it works is up to the future (my guess, no).

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You know when you live in an apartment complex that you’re pretty much subject to the conditions of the people around you. What I mean is that when they move in, if they carry bugs with them, they will infect your home, too.

Well, someone must have just moved in with a very large infestation because I have been killing bugs ALL day since last night. The first one I saw was on my computer desk, then a few hours later one was on one of my packed boxes, then one in the kitchen, and finally the last one in the bathroom. I am getting so tired of them. I’m also worried that they will crawl into my boxes and come with me when I move. I don’t want to take someone elses bugs with me! It’s just gross. It’s not hard to bug bomb right before you move. Do it and then clean everything as you pack it. Why take bugs with you when you settle into a new place, anyway?

I guess, too, the bugs are looking for new homes because there have been a rash of people moving out of the complex lately. Why? HUD, of course. This place used to be a quiet complex of teachers and old women. Now, as more people move in thanks to HUD, the parking lots constantly have people’s trash in them (you know, discarded cups and bottles and banana peels), a few people here never bother to open the big trash can to put their trash in it and only leave their junk around it, rap music wakes me up in the middle of the night as heavy bass shakes my windows, people scream and have loud lawn parties at 2am, and more. I don’t know why the complex does nothing!

Thank GOD I am leaving this trash dump.

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It’s Friday night and here I sit at home. I usually spend my every weekend at Alfee’s house, but since I have so much packing to do, I need to be here. He has things to do with his brother tomorrow because there’s no telling when his brother will be shipped out, so he’s staying at home. It’s for the best because he would be really bored here.

He did come down to take me to dinner, though. I had a yummy steak with mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli. Yes, it was super delicious and I am now hungry again and wish that I had another meal just like it to eat.

Naturally, because this is my luck we’re talking about, we get seated next to a party of the loudest and most obnoxious patrons. I do realize that when you’re out at dinner, having a few drinks and having a good time, you tend to be a bit wild. I don’t expect people to be saints because I am sitting there and I’m a princess. It’s just being polite. You don’t have to explode with the loudest laugh ever or scream to the people across the table from you. These people were so loud that Alfee and I could barely hear each other unless we too wanted to yell, which we didn’t. It was so bad that I was getting a headache.

When we came home, Alfee and I decided that he might as well take home some of his stuff. We went through every drawer of mine and got his clothes, socks and underwear out of. Also, from the closet. We were both relatively surprised at how much clothes he had here! It all but filled the back of his SUV. I think he had more socks here than he has at home, and in better shape, too. Most of his clothes smells like cedar wood, so he has a lot of laundry to do over his weekend.

Like I have a lot of packing.

My mother and I were supposed to clear a path to take out some furniture tomorrow for the dump. After she ate, she said to wake her up in an hour and a half. But, my mother is the laziest person in the world. I don’t know why I fell for the “I’ll get up” line again. I tried and I tried again, but she refused to get up. Now, she is going to be extra stressed and full of curses tomorrow when she has to rush clean to clear a path.

I warned her.

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What is Victory Hair? If you don’t know or you can’t imagine, let me explain what it is to you.

Imagine right before a date, you take a shower and make sure everything is visually perfect and stunning, sure to impress the man or woman you will soon be with. If you are a woman, you do your make up and apply every single scent and lotion necessary to achieve the physical appearance you desire. For a man, it perhaps means shaving and maybe even moisturizing so that a woman will take special pleasure in touching you. As for the hair, whether you are female or male, care is applied to ensure just the right style, the right look. Everything is impeccable and not a hair is out of place.

This is not Victory Hair.

Victory Hair is what you end up with at the end of the day if the date goes well, if you and your date so impress each other and you end up in a situation where things get a little mussed and messy. Victory Hair is a badge of success, a badge that the laws of attraction did not fail you.

The steps are easy to follow:
1.) Make sure you look amazing. Allow plenty of time for preparation. Don’t rush your shower and do your make up right before the doorbell rings or you have to drive off to pick your date up. If you can, make a whole day affair of getting ready. Select the right outfit, the right scent, lotion up the body to soften and sweeten the skin and attend to small details like fingernails or dried skin pieces.

2.) Be on time and be friendly. Don’t be mindless or silly, but be open minded and listen. Talk, listen and try to connect with the person as best you can. Eat, have a few drink (unless you are driving) and get to know the person. Find out who and what they are. Keep in mind that if they don’t have the attitude of reciprocation, if the date suddenly becomes all about them, this person is not for you. Run fast!

3.) If the date goes well, send out more physical and overtly flirtatious signals. Let the person know you are interested in them beyond restaurant conversation. If they get the hint and feel the same, you are on your way to Victory Hair.

If you want to try out your flirting style, play Extreme Style by VO5’s Ultimate Flirting Championship. I played it and I found it a great way to test out some of my own lines, as well as judge the lines of others to see what is out there. I was both judge and contestant during different rounds. Being creative, detailed and funny worked best for me. I also judged people who had answers like that higher also.

Just some romance advice from this Morbid Romantic.

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My mother is either naive or reckless.

I trusted her to find good, reputable  companies.  You know, do some research first.  First, you find a company.  Then you utilize the vast information of the world wide web by searching the reputation of the company, maybe read some reviews other past customers have left.

It occurs to me today, since my mother has to settle on a company tomorrow, that she might not have done this.

So, I go into her email account and start Googling the different companies she has gotten estimates from.

And holy crap.

She can’t trust ANY of them!  We are at square one here.  There’s no way she should leave her things, her entire life, in the hands of the idiots these companies seem to hire.  All I see for every company she has spoken to are negatives and comments of things being stolen, broken or lost and never compensated for.  My mother would be heartbroken if any of that happened to her.

We’re now back to square one at the crunch because my mother didn’t bother to research.  She is still so new to the internet that she hasn’t learned that the internet doesn’t quality check.  You search and you come up with a whole list of good and bad.

Now, I have spent the evening contacting GOOD companies.  Hopefully we will be able to get quick estimates from them so that we won’t be pushed too far back.  And not have to pay too much.

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