and life keeps rolling along ...

Submitted by mivox on 20 July, 2006 - 12:21pm.

Well phooey. Summer isn't going at all the way I'd planned it. Part of that is my fault, for being a procrastinator and a spendthrift ... but part of it is just that funny way life has of looking at you with an "Oh yeah?!" look on its face, and then running in the opposite direction.

My cabin is NOT getting built this year. The land I was going to buy STILL has not been surveyed, so I've been hurrying up and waiting for nothing since April. I'm looking for other land now, in case I can find something agreeable and can at least get a foundation finished before it snows. But dammit, I wanted to be roofing by now! *sulk*

My beautiful perfect dog has decided that obedience is mostly optional when she's off-lead at home. I suppose that's not so bad, as long as she minds me when we're out and about, but it's sure not where I was hoping I'd be with her by now ... and I'm a little baffled as to what to do about it. As soon as I put her on a lead, she's perfectly well behaved, so it's not like I can correct her behavior on-lead for what she's doing off-lead. ARGH.

My personal life is nonexistent, which is definitely not what I was hoping for. Intermittent I was expecting, but was definitely neither aiming, hoping for nor expecting nonexistent. Phooey. And I haven't got the nerve to do anything about it, even if I had any idea what to do.

And I'm a worthless rotten procrastinator when it comes to my work. I've been subcontracting things out, just to make sure they get done. I could be making a lot more money if I stopped screwing things off like I always do. (Of course, if I spent less money, I'd have more without needing to make more ... but what's money for, if not spending? hehe)

Mind you, for all the things going wrong (or not going at all), there are things going right that I didn't expect, so I guess it evens out. The whole, "If you can't have what you want, learn to want what you have" idea. Get off my sorry ass, and start living gratefully ...

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It must be Friday
Submitted by Allen (not verified) on 21 July, 2006 - 2:39pm.

It must be Friday - take all unaddressed topics and upload in bulk...

1. Do I understand correctly that the property owner is a procrastinator greater even than Mivox?

For want of a surveyor
the survey was not made
For want of a survey
the lot was not bought
For want of a lot
the cabin was not built
For want of a cabin
the rant is made.

2. So 'the beautiful perfect dog' has you trained on-lead but not yet off-lead? I have faith that with just a little more effort you will get past bafflement and learn appropriate behaviour.

If you get to 'just be yourself' around home so does the rest of the family...

3. You are young, attractive, intelligent, employed, female, and in Alaska...things sure must have changed since I was last there...the women could (and did) pick and choose much like at the pound...I take it that either the gender populations have equallised or that the sense of the male population has plummetted.

4. "It is not work itself that makes a lazy wo/man tired but the thought that s/he has to work."

Personally I find that waiting makes many things just go away. So I wait to see what is important enough to remain. This is, I tell myself, excellent time and motion management. Others do label such behaviour 'procrastination' but I believe them mistaken.

5. Live well, always.

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I'm flattered ...
Submitted by mivox on 21 July, 2006 - 2:53pm.

... you take the time to leave such great comments. :-)

In no particular order:

Re: men in Alaska—To quote a local wit, "The odds are good, but the goods are odd." I don't think there's any numeric shortage of men in the area, but there's certainly a shortage of men who catch my interest.

Re: the dog—I think it's time to go to a formal obedience class.

Re: the property & procrastinating in general—I don't know who's procrastinating. The seller says they've had all the paperwork together since April. So, either the other buyer (who's supposed to pay for the survey) is procrastinating or the surveyor is. *sigh* At least when I'm the one procrastinating, I know who to harass if I really want to get something done.

Apropos of nothing: Have I met you IRL?

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^%$&&%^*(*&$%$^&^*
Submitted by mivox on 22 July, 2006 - 2:34pm.

Just talked to the people selling the property I was supposed to buy ... they're going through a realtor now.

I get the feeling the deal has fallen through altogether.

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You are quite welcome
Submitted by Allen (not verified) on 22 July, 2006 - 2:36pm.

I'm flattered ... you take the time to leave such great comments.

You are quite welcome. It is a pleasure to converse with you.

but there's certainly a shortage of men who catch my interest.

Acquaintances are many, friends few. companions rare, and love, true love, an eternal mystery. Enjoy the quest.

Once again I lower my opinion of the great Alaskan male.

I think it's time to go to a formal obedience class

Formal? Do you wear your collar too? Who gets to lead?

Same characters, different act:
[Nisby] being number 7 on Google, 3 on Yahoo, 10 on MSN simply is not adequate especially when [Mivox] hogs the entire first page of Google for herself. A major SEO effort is imperative.

Nisby for SERP One!

Which reminds me: from where did the name come? Just what is a Nisby when it is not being your beautiful perfect dog?

Apropos of nothing: Have I met you IRL?

Apropos our meeting IRL, has yet to occur.

(non-biologic) Bug Report:
both:
BBCode tags
and:
More information about formatting options
returns:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/mivoxxco/public_html/rant/modules/bbcode-help.inc on line 231

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and etc...
Submitted by mivox on 22 July, 2006 - 3:50pm.

Who gets to lead?

I'm Alpha Bitch in this house ... Unless I go blind, I'm afraid Nisby's stuck following my lead.

Nisby for SERP One!

Oh, she'll get there. All in good time. Rather than risk her online reputation with disreputable quick-ranking schemes, I'm going to let her develop an organic, stable, long-term dominance for her made-up name based on natural content development and accumulation, same way I did it. ;-)

I have no idea what Nisby means though. It's the name she came with when I got her from the shelter.

Re: Bug Report — Thanks for letting me know. I don't think I ever edited that file though ... can't imaging what the problem is, but I'll look!

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I think you're doing just fine...
Submitted by grnidone on 23 July, 2006 - 6:55am.

One thing I had to learn was that sometimes you have to believe that things that are happening really are happening for a greater good. The money will come, it'll all work out.

When I took that attitude, things in my life started happening. The money did come. Things did work out for the best even if it took me a while to realize it.

You'll get your house.

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