Just Been One of Those Weeks

We’ve all had that kind of week that was just so crappy that you just wanted to stay in bed and watch movies rather than get up and go out into the world to do whatever it is you have to do.  That week is this week for me.  My phone has finally kicked the bucket, well kind of.  The battery only holds a charge for 15 minutes or less, so it’s basically useless.  The new battery for it won’t be in until next week.  It’s sad but true that my generation is completely connected to their cell phones, and I’m no exception.

All my friends have spring break this week, while mine was last week, so I spent my entire break doing work because I had no one to hang out and have fun with, and then I’ve spent this week doing work because I’m back in school while everyone else is getting an actual break.  So I didn’t get a break.  I’m beyond lonely on top of that.

And yesterday, my only Wednesday class got canceled, though my teacher couldn’t bother to send out an email or tell us in advance, so I drove the hour to school only to find out that I didn’t have class, then I had to drive the hour home because I had no reason to stick around school.

And the week isn’t even over yet.  The way this is going, some freak rainstorm is going to come down on me tomorrow and I’m not going to have my umbrella, and since I know I’ll have my laptop with me, it’ll get completely ruined.  Either that, or I’ll just get struck by lightning.

I wish I could say that venting about all this has helped, but I don’t really think it has.

Motivation

I’m making myself get motivated back into exercise.  I’ve been a little busy lately, and when the work keeps on coming the way it has been, it’s easy to get lazy and stop exercising.  Well, enough is enough.  I don’t care how busy I am.  I’ve decided that no matter what, I’m taking an hour out of each day to go running or do yoga or ride my bike or (once it get’s warmer) swim some laps.

I’m going to use part of this blog to check in every once in a while with my efforts.  I’m hoping that doing this will keep me motivated to keep going.

“R.H. Macy failed seven times before his store in New York caught on.
English novelist John Creasey got 753 rejection slips before he published 564 books.
Babe Ruth struck out 1,330 times, but he also hit 714 home runs.
Don’t worry about failure. Worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.”

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, Part 2

I can’t lie, I’m a harsh critic, so I wasn’t totally satisfied with the new series.  I knew from the beginning that I was going to have to see the first few episodes before I made a decision, though.  Everything deserves a fair chance.

The show definitely does have potential.  Don’t let me or anyone else watching down.

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior

So, the series premiere to the spinoff of the original Criminal Minds started approximately twenty minutes ago, and I’ve got to admit that so far it’s not horrible.  I’m not really sure what I was expecting, but they seem to be doing an okay job of keeping the “Criminal Minds” vibe going.  It helps that they got Forest Whitaker to play the leading role.  A good actor and big name always helps.

I like Penelope better in the original show though.  She’s more serious in this series, at least so far.  Probably because she doesn’t have the wonderful Derek Morgan to make her witty statements with.

Anyway, I just wanted to put my two cents out there.  I’ll come back later with my final impression of the first episode.

Photoshopped or Not?

My question to you is this: Do you believe this photo was photoshopped?  I personally believe that it was.  I know how to take a picture of a sunset and do this.  I have a couple of friends who don’t believe that this was photoshopped.  They believe that this occurred naturally.

Note: I don’t know who took this photo or where it originated.  I just happened to see it on another site and it sparked the argument.

Cleaning

Have you ever just gotten the urge to clean something? Anything? Your car, your room, your apartment, your house, your dog?

I’m not the kind of person to get these kinds of urges, but I guess I’m not completely immune because I seriously got the urge today.  I got rid of over 2 large trash bags of random things that I had no idea I still had, moved a bunch of things around, even cleaned my computer (which was clad with way too many fingerprints). It took me over 5 hours, but I did it.

The good news is I found some old pictures of good memories, a couple of things that I had lost awhile ago and had had no hope of ever seeing again (including a jump drive with some old school work on it that I had had to completely do over when I lost it), and have completely gotten rid of the urge to clean.

Someone let me know on February 1st next year to clean again because chances are I’m not going to do an extensive cleaning like I did today until at least next year.