I got into a wreck today.

Knoxville has the worst drivers ever. I have lived here for four years now, and every day I witness the stupidity that is Knoxville drivers. I lived in Clarksville for 18 years of my life and never witnessed the number of wrecks or near wrecks that I have here. So, with all these psychos on the road, I figured one day one of them would come out of nowhere and get me.

Today was that day.

I had just gotten off work. It had been raining all day, but had momentarily stopped. I was driving down Bearden hill on Kingston in the right lane. I put on my blinker and moved into the left lane. A tan Blazer was in the turning lane to the left of me. She didn’t see me. She hit me.

I knew she was going to hit me. I immediately checked my mirrors to see if I could possibly escape it, but there were cars all in the right lane. She ran right into my driver side door. Grr.

I got over into the right lane and moved over into the Amsouth parking lot, so I wouldn’t be a pest and block up rush hour traffic. She couldn’t get over right away, so she went on. I wondered if she was coming back.

I called 911 and gave them all the pertinent information. They said a cop would be right out there. After I hung up, I realized that they never asked me if anyone had gotten hurt. Although, I suppose if someone was lying here bleeding to death, I would have mentioned that. But still.

While I was on the phone, the psycho driver shows up and parks two spaces away from me. She comes up to my car and explains that she doesn’t have a cell phone. I told her not to worry, I had already taken care of it and the cops were on their way.

So we wait…and wait…and wait…and wait…

After I had been waiting about half an hour, I called Sabrina to see what she was up to. I talked to her until the cop finally showed up.

We each told our side of the story, exchanged information, blah blah blah, and then we were on our way.

Now I have a huge dent in my door.

Just to make this worse, today I went and had Marble Slab ice cream for lunch. And I was wearing a white shirt. And chocolate ice cream and white shirts don’t mix well. I was so just looking forward to going home and changing shirts. Instead, I had to stand around looking like an idiot who can’t keep her ice cream on her cone.

So, an hour after she initially hit me, I finally got to go home. And now I can change shirts.

Happy birthday, Mom.

Let’s see…what have I been up to lately?

I found out today that I’m getting a slight raise at work. I’ve only been there for three weeks, but apparently I’ve been doing a pretty good job or something. So that’s very awesome. Especially considering that…

I’m broke. I just ate scrambled eggs for dinner cause that’s the only thing I could find in my refrigerator (besides ketchup, Cool Whip, and a bag of year-old carrots). And I desperately need new tires. I fear for my life every time it rains and I go around a curve. My two back tires are completely bald. Speaking of my car…

I think my car hates me. My passenger side door is broken or something. Half the time, it won’t really open. It gets hung or something and you have to stand there and pull on it as hard as you can to get it to open. Plus like the connectors on my battery are loose, so half the time I try to start my car, it won’t, and I have to open the hood, tighten them, and try to start it again. The most annoying thing ever. Especially in the rain. I need to get my tags renewed before the end of the month. I wonder if I can scrounge up $30 somewhere.

I haven’t seen a whole lot of new movies lately. Can’t afford to rent anything and definitely can’t afford to go to the theatre. Rented Bad Santa the other day; it was pretty funny.

Overall, life is pretty good right now. Except for being broke. But I will deal with it. I’ve been broker.

I think I have some pics on my camera to stick in the random pictures folder.

Read…

http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/19008
http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/03/12/loc_portman12.html

…and discuss.

Storms are so great.

After taking a two hour nap, I woke up to thunder and lightning (well, actually I woke up to my brother text messaging me because my phone was vibrating against my glass coffee table, but I digress). So, I went and sat on my balcony for an hour or so.

I do this occasionally. And it never fails to amaze me how sitting out there and listening to the rain (before it starts raining hard) and looking over at the green landscape and water reminds me of Everquest. I haven’t played Everquest in forever. But it always does. It’s odd.

Need sleep.

Board game party was fun. Pictures are up, as usual.

I just received a notice today that said my rent was going up. Again. I can’t even afford what it is now. Bleh.

Insomnia is not cool.

I’m just a very busy girl.

Between work and socializing, I just am never home long enough to do anything except take a shower and change clothes. So sorry there hasn’t been a lot of blogging lately.

I’m having another board game party tomorrow night. I also have an appointment to get my hair cut tomorrow afternoon. So when I put up the pics from the party, expect to see me with much shorter hair.

I don’t think I mentioned this yet, but I saw Kill Bill 2 a week or two ago. I really liked it. I think even more than the first one.

Okay, that’s all for now. I have some pics that I’m going to be sticking in the random pictures folder.

Happy birthday, Sabrina!

Hi.

I’m still alive.

Okay, here it is. Me with black hair.

Horrible picture, but you get the idea.

I have found the key to happiness.

And it’s not shopping like I previously believed. Although there is shopping involved.

Hair dying. Nothing is more uplifting. First, you get to go to the store and stare at the hundreds of brands and colors. Then you get to decide which exact shade(s) is perfect for you. You buy it, take it home, follow all the directions, and you come out a different person.

So not only do you get to shop for the perfect item, you also get to completely change your look. What could possibly be better?

My color choices this time were: Starry Night and Red Rays.

I don’t know how it looks yet. I’m doing touchups on Starry Night right now, so I haven’t put the Red Rays in yet. But in an hour or so, I will know. And the thought just really cheers me up.

Haven’t been up to a whole lot lately. Just working and hanging out. That’s about it.

I was looking over the rules to Uno this morning, and I started wondering how rules that aren’t in the rules become normal. Like, in Uno, everyone I have ever played with has played where if you didn’t have a card you could play, you had to keep drawing from the deck until you get one that works. However, the rules say you are only supposed to draw one. Does anyone play like this? Or like the Free Parking space in Monopoly. You aren’t supposed to get anything, but does anyone really play where you don’t get money from the middle? How do these rules get to be so widespread? Hmm.

I want a kitten.

Okay, I’m more awake now.

Let’s see…what’s been going on?

Well, I got that data entry job that I had an interview for a week ago. So that’s pretty cool. I have income again! Yay! It’s going really well so far.

Hmm…movies I have seen recently:
Amelie: Really enjoyed this one. I loved the colors.
School of Rock: Extremely funny. Really liked it.
Kissing a Fool: Pretty good. Funny.
Rounders: Interesting. Decent movie.

I’m going to watch Interview with a Vampire for the first time (*gasp*) tonight.

Let’s see….I still suck at chess. I don’t like wine. I love the park. Yeah, that about sums up my week.

Too early to exist.

*yawn*

Well, I got a job. I started yesterday, but I haven’t had a lot of time to blog lately. Been really busy.
More later. It’s too early to think straight.