Teal!

The dining room has gone teal.

Autumn

Autumn has finally settled here in Savannah. The majority of our trees don't drop their leaves or change colour, though there are a few varieties that do such as this Japanese maple. There are two wonderful specimens off of Melissa's patio.

The weather is currently pleasantly cool with no humidity.

I'm A Georgia Voter

I voted today at the Rose of Sharon. After voting you always get an "I'm A Georgia Voter" sticker to place on your shirt. I'm wearing it, but it makes me feel like a child that was given a gold star for a job well done. Anyway, it wasn't crowded at the polling station. I am not sure if that's a good thing, but I was in and out in no time. It was nothing like those other places around the country where people are experiencing "glitches".

As far as I am concerned here in Savannah and Georgia as a whole we don't have much to choose from in the way of great candidates, but at least I chose someone. Of course I chose mostly Democrats, but I did choose a Libertarian for Secretary of State and State School Superintendent.

Hopefully we will see change nationally, Goddess knows we need it.

It's Time

Y'all need to get out there!

Happy Halloween

Nora-Grace and Tabitha weave their magic.

Halloween Party

This past Saturday evening I decided to attend a Halloween party my friend Keith and Elvira invited me to. I brought a couple bottles of wine with me and drank most of it. I had no idea as to what I should go as. I eventually decided on Harry Potter.

A bloated Harry, a fabulous Frida and a scary Zorro.


I believe that is Bill Clinton.


Elvira (Violet Baudelaire) and Shelly (a Catholic school girl in a very, very, very short skirt.)


I have no idea.


I believe Shane is flipping me off "politely".


A very inebriated and worn-out Harry.

They Have Returned

When I was child the Cybermen used to give me nightmares. They have returned to menace the world and my dreams once again. I think this is why when the Borg first showed up in Star Trek they unsettled me as well.

Though the Cybermen were the first and always will be one of my favourite "monsters."

Incognito

Fun With iSight

My friend Amanda asked for my help setting up her new MacBook today. OH, IT'S SWEET! Anyhow we had fun with iSight and Photo Booth. Of course the adventure was aided with a bottle of champagne to celebrate.

The results are pictured below.

In a Funk

I haven't posted anything lately because I have been in a funk. There's not much going on these days. I have been working on some HTML to better my skills. I find it all so uninteresting. I rather use Dreamweaver, but I was told I should know the basics.

I am thinking of taking another JavaScript class. It seems all the information has gone in one ear and out the other. I rank JavaScript up there with HTML. I think this is part of the problem as to why I am not remembering the information. I have a ho-hum attitude about it all. Granted I have this attitude about most everything these days.

My friend Betsy is going to take my rather large sofa off my hands shortly. This will be one less item in the storage unit. It's about the heaviest item in there. It has been in storage for almost four years and originally used for only six months at the most. It's like brand new. I will never purchase a sleeper sofa again. They are too heavy!

Once we get the sofa out of the way I'll have some room to maneuver items around. I then will have access to some items I wish to get rid of. I am not going to sell everything off as of yet. I applied for a job in North Carolina if I should happen to get it I can afford to take it all with me. We shall see.

Well, other then that, not much else going on.

The Great Stench II

Well, it's a lovely morning. The temperature is 69F degrees and no humidity. I thought it would be nice to ride in the car with the windows down while running errands. For a brief moment it was rather nice.

There I am, a wonderful breeze, music is on, driving along and then it happened. The Great Stench strikes again!

Time to quickly roll up the windows, but it's too late. The rotten smell and I are trapped in the car.

The Great Stench

It was a rather nice evening last night. The temperature dropped to 57F and so we opened the windows to enjoy the weather and get some fresh air.

Well I forgot how polluted Savannah air could be. Like clockwork The Great Stench creeped in poisoning our lungs and waking me from sleep. With my nostrils burning and eyes watering I stumbled out of bed and closed the windows.

You see Savannah suffers from paper mill production as well as a chemical industry, which also belches out noxious fumes into the air. Now I must add through the years complaints finally made these industries "clean up" a little, but it's still quite bad.

Savannah has some of the highest cancer rates on the East coast as well some of the most acute sinus infections. The sinus infections are blamed on the high pollen count by these industries. It's always blooming here, even during winter. However, if you add the paper mill and chemical companies it makes it so much worse.

Simple Pleasures

Ah the simple pleasure and sheer enjoyment one may have with iChat. This evening I video chatted with my friend, Gloria out in Los Angeles. Here she is tempting me with my favourite beverage, red wine.

The rest is just craziness.




Cleavage!


You did what?

Champagne Sunday

It was another fabulous champagne Sunday. Before we doused ourselves in wonderful champagne Melissa and I did some shopping. Here we are just before entering World Market. After that we moseyed on over to Linen and Things. Then we made a beeline to Pier ‘Pressure’ One.

Afterwards it was nonstop champagne. Then Steve and Jim came over for dinner. Now I am ready for bed. It's 2:00 AM

Champagne Sunday Lives

Champagne Sunday lives, but it was rather subdued as Melissa is in France and I was cleaning house. Then in the afternoon the Bentley arrived with Steve and Jim to swoop me away for the traditional Sunday house hunting.


Here is Steve, Jim and Doris. It was a fun day for all though we were lacking one person. However she is off in the Provence region visiting Lacoste, Isle sur la Sorge, the Fountain de Vauclus, Penres la Fontain and now off to Baux les Provence so I believe she is having real champagne and with us in spirit.

A Message

Today I spent some time at Gallery Espresso composing and reading emails. After about an hour and a half of coffee consumption and receiving my dose of barista attitude I decided to leave.

When walking back to my car I came upon this message written on a window unit. The Universe has interesting ways of communicating.

Don’t you think?

Settling In

I arrived late Sunday evening. Steve and Jim were here with Melissa. They had been indulging in libations and were sweet enough to wait up for me so I could get a few in myself. It was good to see everyone together like old times.

I got up early this morning and mowed the lawn as it was in dire need. Then I went to my storage unit to get a few items so to make my space homier. I must say when I opened the door to the storage unit I got an overwhelming sense of dread and trepidation. There is so much stuff! It made me a little depressed to look at it because I like it all, but I know I need to let go of it too. Oh, this is going to be difficult.

Nora-Grace and Tabitha are settling in, but I think they miss all the space they had to run around in at my mother’s house. They are also aware of Melissa's cats on the other side of the door. We hope at sometime we can introduce them to one another, but I know cats for the most part don't get along with one another unless they were raised together. We shall see.

Melissa leaves for France tomorrow afternoon. I will be taking care of her house and some household chores while she is gone.

Tomorrow I need to run some errands and visit the grocery store. I think I will also pop in at the Gallery and have some over priced coffee with a dash of attitude for old time sake.

Heading Home

I'm heading home today. I should be on the road by noon. I wish I could leave earlier, but UHaul told me I can't have the trailer until 10:00AM. Apparently there is only one 4x8 trailer in all South Florida and it won't be returned until 9:30AM.

Also it's costing me more to head north then it was to come south. This makes no sense to me. It's usualy the other way around since so many people move this way. Whatever.

I need to finish packing and get all my stuff in the garage. Nora-Grace is aware something is going on. Tabitha as usual, is oblivious. I am hoping they will be calm for our eight hour journey. They traveled well the last time. I wonder what they would be like to travel with across the country? Perhaps I shall find out.

Well, it's time to pack the iMac.

Another Morning

It’s another morning on the beach today. It’s still quite windy. I'm not sure if it’s left over from Ernesto or just a windy day. The water is choppy too. The Gulf water is usually rather calm and doesn’t have large waves and one must wade far before you can’t touch bottom.

This will probably be my last day on the beach. I have some projects my mum would like for me to do before I head home. I also need to pack tomorrow.

Ho hum.

Vortex Bound

Well, I have had enough of this right-wing enclave. I have decided to go home. Yes, I am going back to Savannah, and the Vortex of Goo.

Perhaps for the time I will stay it won’t be so gooey. We shall see. All I know is I can’t stay with mother anymore. She has been wonderful. Of course she has. She’s my mum, but SHE IS MY MUM! I can only take so much and this area is just too weird.

Besides when I do eventually settle some place for a job I will be heading north or west so I might as well move a little closer. I miss me friends too.

The plan is to go through my storage unit and have a garage sale. I need to let go, but it’s rather difficult for me to do so. I need to work on that. I figure it’s just too expensive to maintain such a large climate controlled storage unit. It’s also going to be too expensive to move all my stuff either to California, Oregon, Vermont, Massachusetts or New Jersey. These are places I sent my resume to.

I will be leaving Florida on the 3 September and I will be living with my friend Melissa in her fabulous contemporary house located in midtown. It shall be fun. Champagne Sunday shall live again! Actually it never died. It’s just no fun having Champagne Sunday long distance over the telephone.