Karma?

I'm not sure what I did to make the Car CD Player Karma Gods mad. My new CD player that I just got last spring to replace the one that was literally RIPPED (including dashboard) out of my car--was stolen Tuesday. This will make for FOUR replaced cd players in the Jeep I've had for 5 years. COME ON! Seriously. AND. I still have the face plate.

The first time someone 'broke' into my Jeep... they slashed the window, so that was $300 to replace the 'window'... which ends up being a new 1/2 door because you can't just get a new piece of plastic.

The second time someone took the stereo... I was in Vancouver with some friends, and had taken the face plate off, but left it in the side pocket... guess what! They only took the face. So, I still had the player... but no face to play it with.

I'm not sure what the proper punishment would be for stereo thieves. Firing squad? Cut off their ears? String them up by their toes? OOH! How about tricking them into thinking they've won the lottery and let them think it for a week.... then tell them there was a computer error, and their ticket didn't actually win!

So, thank you, car stereo thief. I will now be commuting in silence since it's illegal to listen to earphones while you are driving. Though I've never understood that law since my car stereo was louder than my headphones could ever want to be.

I'm starting a fund to replace the stereo. It won't be expensive. They never are. I think $150 would cover it including installation fees. Any ideas...?
Maybe I'll get a TAPE player.

oh. and guess what was in the cd player. My Blue Scholars CD. Great. Thanks ALOT.

My Life is Ruled by Central Time.

Today is one of those days. My legs are still sore from working out two days ago, and it makes me feel old. People are doing extraordinarily stupid things today, and I think I might be one of them too. Like... its raining outside, and 4 people got on the bus SOAKED and then sat somewhere near me. I was dry. WAS. I had common sense to get the umbrella out or take my coat off before I sat down. Or to stand under an overhang.

I went to give blood today, but stopped off to get a coffee. The Blood Bank has been calling me once a week to get me to donate because my blood type is at a three day supply... which is apparently low. So, I went to donate. They turned me away because they were too busy and coffee apparently heats up your system. So, now I have to go back later. If I have time.

I wrote into the DJ at KEXP hoping they would play me something that would make me feel like the rest of the world was just as irriated as I was.. Tool, Helmet, Rage, Earl Greyhound, McClusky... hell. anything. Rock my socks off.. we'll see if they play it.

I've been 'discussing' with people in our head office about something very trivial. Something that my attorney and I found a loophole for that they then had to change. But now they want me to resubmit things that we've already sent out BEFORE they found our little loophole... and since they are on central time its now Lunch there and I've only been at work for 2 hours. My day is just starting and they are on a break. Fabulous.

I used to be able to fall back on the whole... 4 paychecks to Costa Rica thing... but man. If I make it to Costa Rica with a job waiting for me back home I'll be shocked. I wasn't supposed to be a secretary. I work hard to know how things I do work and how other systems work that compliment those things. I know they don't happen on their own. Apparently when you get your JD things just happen for you. And Quickly I might add.

yes. i'm irritated today. Costa Rica feels farther away than usual right now. I need a good dose of what really matters today.