Nice Job Chick-fil-A!

Posted on August 28, 2009 in: Doggies, Rants & Raves

I will first admit that the discovery of Yelp, getting a new puppy (Ruby), and just work in general has kept me more than busy for the past few months. I sometimes think about how I’m neglecting my blog here but have never really been motivated to write a new post…until now.

This morning, I woke up to a dark and rainy sky. I lazily got ready for work and decided to bring Ruby with me (I know, my company is entirely too nice to me). While sitting in traffic, I realized I would be running late and texted my manager to let him know, jokingly offering a bribe if he could overlook my tardiness. He joked back saying that a Chick-fil-A chicken biscuit would do and I thought it was a great idea! Something about rainy days just make a hot coffee and warm chicken biscuit sound extra delicious…

When I got to Chick-fil-A, I decided to go with drive-thru because I didn’t want to get rained on and also have to leave Ruby in the car. Everything seemed to go as usual until I arrived at work and looked in my bag. I guess the drive-thru guy had seen my tiny 3lb puppy peering over my shoulder when I pulled up because, in addition to the chicken biscuits I ordered, there was a tiny Milk Bone (doggy cookie) wrapped in Chick-fil-A packaging! I was so surprised that I started telling everyone at work about what happened and most people seem to already know about this little bonus! Where have I been all this time?

Chick-fil-A was a frequent lunch location for me during high school but we have slowly fell out of love over the last 10 years because 1) it’s not as conveniently located to my home or work, 2) it’s never open on Sundays when I actually crave Chick-fil-A, and 3) it made my latest boyfriend sick to his stomach…I think it has something to do with the pickles and whatever they marinate the chicken in. Anyway, this kind of small doggie-biscuit-gesture is the kind of thing that really impresses me so Chick-fil-A is definitely back on my good list. Anyone running their own business should steal an idea like this and adopt it to their industry. Brilliant!

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Panda Dog? Awwwww Cute!

Posted on April 18, 2009 in: Design, Doggies, Gallery, Rants & Raves

Thanks to some silly Facebook quiz, I discovered Panda Dog today! It’s a sweet Cinderlla story of an abandoned ugly dog that got a SWEET dye job and is now setting doggie fashion trends in Asia =)

Columbo, the original Panda Dog. A naturally panda-esque Pomeranian. Kiss Panda...

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Disappearing Guppies

Posted on February 25, 2009 in: Guppies

About 5 weeks ago (1/19/09) I set up a 16 gallon biOrb tank and got 3 cute little guppies from PETCO. During checkout, the lady reminded me that they have a policy where they will replace your fish for free if they die for some reason within 14 days…that’s pretty cool!

Well, I must say I was pretty pleased with the whole setup that I ended up with. The plants that I had gotten, the black river stones, and especially the pink-leaved bonsai and red torii that I arranged in the tank, along with the 3 color-coordinated fish, felt perfectly right. It was exactly what I wanted and it gave the living room a pleasant Feng Shui feel.

Anyway, 10 days after I brought my guppies home, I lost one of them, literally! It vanished into thin air and was no where to be found. I searched high and low, even taking out all of the decor and half of the river stones I had in there…nothing. It seemed unlikely that the other two little guppies would have ate him whole within the span of one night, leaving no skeleton or any other trace. For the next few days, I kept looking and was surprised by my own sadness at losing him. After all, how attached could I possibly have been to a $3 fish that I had for only 10 days?

I thought about the PETCO fish replacement policy but decided that it probably didn’t cover disappearing fish…plus, who would believe me?

After a brief period of mourning, I made another trip to the store because guppies are “community fish”. Two fish didn’t seem to qualify as a “community”. This time I went to PetSmart and came home with 3 more guppies (2/4/09).

Then yesterday, I lost another fish…and it wasn’t even over night this time. WTF?! I’m not sure if I’m more confused, angry, or sad. Having already experienced the loss of my first fish, I knew right away that I would never see this second lost fish again. I stopped by a different PetSmart on the way home from work today and got (yes) 3 more guppies. I’m wondering how long it’ll be before another one goes missing. Thinking about it is a tiny bit depressing, as if I just have to accept the fact that fish will periodically disappear from my tank until the end of time…

One thing that did make me feel a little better is that there seems to be plenty of other people experiencing the same thing. Try Googling “disappearing guppies” and you’ll find a million other stories that sound just like mine.

At this point, I’m going to refrain from naming any of them until I’m sure that they’ll stick around.

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I’m parched iz, an’ I’m beeched brew!

Posted on January 22, 2009 in: Rants & Raves

In case you need some humor and missed this

No doubt you’ll want something to remind you of the whale on slow days…so don’t forget to check out the store and keep an eye out for the Beached jewelry!

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uTorrent Port Forwarding in VMWare Fusion

Posted on January 8, 2009 in: Mac, Techie

I first started this post when I wanted to set up uTorrent on my MacBook Air’s VM XP. There were so many sites with different instructions that I thought I would compile the most straightforward method that worked. Unfortunately, after a few failed trial and errors, I stumbled upon another blog that had already accomplished what I was trying to do so I’ll just link you to it instead!

Follow the nicely organized instructions at Splendiferous Zeppelin Escapades and restart networking for VMWare Fusion by typing the following command in your terminal:

sudo "/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/boot.sh" --restart
* The above command I learned from Gary Day.

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Loneliest Time of the Year

Posted on December 24, 2008 in: Uncategorized

Call me lucky, call me spoiled, but I haven’t been single in 10 years…and I’ve never had to worry about spending Valentines or any other Holiday alone. Though my family will always be there for me, this year will be different.

In the past 6 weeks since my last post, I’ve been slowly and reluctantly trying to distance myself from my now ex-boyfriend. This is no easy feat when two people, who have realized that they are too different to make a relationship work, still live together and care deeply about each other. I suggested 2 weeks ago that he start moving out to allow us both some space to ourselves but as of right now, only 20% of his stuff is out of my house…the other 80% has been piled up in a spare bedroom for almost 2 weeks, with no sign of progress.

So here we are, the day before Christmas. He’s out at lunch with a “friend” who he’ll happen to spend New Year’s with (yeah, i know)…and tonight, he’s been invited to dinner with my parents and extended family, none of whom know about our new relationship status except for my little brother. It’ll be so hard to keep a smile on my face, but if my mom finds out, Christmas dinner will be ruined for everyone.

I know the pain will pass with time, but feel free to suggest some breakup songs for my iPod, which will undoubtedly be attached to my hip for the next few days while I watch everyone else hold hands and get lovey dovey.

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Hot Yoga

Posted on November 10, 2008 in: Rants & Raves

This past weekend, a friend of mine invited Boyfriend and me to attend a hot yoga class. Even though I’ve been attending yoga classes on a weekly basis for almost 2 years now, I’ve never had a chance to try out hot yoga so I happily agreed. My final conclusions after the class: (1) The room was not as hot as I anticipated. Based on an exaggerated story from an ex-roommie of mine, I’ve always assumed that hot yoga was like yoga in a sauna. Without the humidity, though, the temperature was a significant relief to me…until about 30 minutes into the 90 minute class. (2) For the $17/person that I paid for the class, I didn’t feel like I got an incredible stretch or learned any new poses. As a matter of fact, it felt very un-yoga-like afterwards; I was hot, tired, and my mind was restless. (3) I agree that sweating is a natural and sometimes can be a detoxing process. On the other hand, I’m not entirely convinced that sweating, to the extent that I was, was all that “natural”.

Of course, this is all just my personal opinion and I’m still glad I gave it a try…it just wasn’t for me. I feel like I could get similar results by going for a 2mi run in Atlanta’s August.

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Daniel Tosh @ The Tabernacle

Posted on October 26, 2008 in: Events, Rants & Raves

Daniel Tosh

On Friday night I saw Daniel Tosh live at The Tabernacle. I’ve never been to The Tabernacle before this but it was a lot smaller than I expected. Nevertheless, it was a cold rainy night so I didn’t mind the cozy seating arrangement so much.

Daniel Tosh is a comedian that Boyfriend discovered on YouTube a while back. He has a somewhat mean sense of humor, which is exactly my type of humor. If you have never heard of him, do a quick search and watch some of his stand-ups. I don’t know of anyone who can resist laughing at his jokes, even if those laughs are frequently preceded by the comment “oh that’s terrible!”

All in all, awesome show. 5 Stars I hope next time he’s in town we can put him up in a bigger, nicer place like the Cobb Energy Center (and I’m not just saying that because it’s walking distance from my house). đŸ˜‰

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I’m a Myers-Briggs INFJ

Posted on October 16, 2008 in: Uncategorized

I’ve been taking alot of random online quizzes lately…perhaps in an attempt to finally figure myself out and reassure myself that I am who I think I am. After all, I’ve already lived out a third of my life.

Here’s what Jungian Type Personality Type Test for Programmers thinks. Sadly, I clicked on this link because I thought it was a joke, not because I actually consider myself a ‘Programmer’. But judging from the results, this is clearly not meant to be funny, unless you’re trying to picture me doing some of these jobs…I would be so awful at them.

You are an INFJ:
E=3 Extraversion, I=8 Introversion
S=8 Sensing, N=12 iNtuition
T=7 Thinking, F=12 Feeling
J=14 Judging, P=5 Perceiving

Suggested Careers:
Counselers, clergy, missionaries, teachers, medical doctors, dentists, chiropractors, psychologists, psychiatrists, writers, musicians, artists, psychics, photographers, child care workers, education consultants, librarians, marketeers, scientists, social workers. Blessed with an idealistic vision, they do best when they seek to make that vision a reality.

Population Breakdown:
I won’t list them all but I will say that INFJ is listed at 1.5% – the lowest percentage of any type (I knew there was something funky about me). In contrast, the most popular personality type is ISFJ at 13.8%. How much difference 1 letter makes.

Of course, this is not the first time I’ve ever taken the Myers-Briggs Test…it’s probably more like the 5th time I’ve taken it in the past 10 years. Every time I see the results though, they just seem so off that I dismiss the whole personality theory thing as a kind of superstition, like astrological signs or fortune tellers.

It sure would be nice though to find something that gives me some definitive answers as to what exactly I need in life to make it feel complete. Even better yet, WHO I need…

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Presidential Debate 2008

Posted on October 7, 2008 in: Events, Rants & Raves

I’ve always been somewhat passive when it comes to politics. This year, either because I’m finally sick of the world laughing at us or just because of some ridiculous comments I’ve heard from McCain and especially Palin’s mouths recently, I can’t help but take a side.

Based on the debate I just heard, I’m definitely staying with Obama. But, not knowing the full details of what either of them plan to do about every issue that’s on the table, I decided to get some help from www.votehelp.org which utilizes an online quiz format (eHarmony-ish) to match up your views with those of the presidential candidates. After answering only 28 questions, it revealed to me that I am:

  • 91.88% match with Obama
  • 68.73% match with McCain (definitely a shock to me!)

A second quiz I found at www.vajoe.com:

  • 87.29% Ralph Nader
  • 72.88% Cynthia McKinney
  • 71.19% Barack Obama
  • 47.46% Chuck Baldwin
  • 44.07% Bob Barr
  • 30.51% John McCain

…Oh, wish you were here RON PAUL!

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