No Heat

So...
I just realized late last night that I needed to have turned on gas service at my apartment. Oyi...

For the past two months for so I had no problem with hot water running out while taking a shower, but yesterday morning, I ended up taking a nice long cold shower. In February!

So I checked the water heater last night, only to realize that the pilot had gone out. My attempt to reignite the pilot only led me to the realization that there was no gas flowing through those lines.
Then...
Was I supposed to turn on gas service when I moved in???

Yup.
Turns out that I need to sign up for gas service and have the service turned on.
So... who was being charged for my gas usage for the past two months?

That's the least of my worries.
I have no hot water until a gas tech comes out and turns it on, which will (hopefully) happen coming Monday. That's FOUR days without hot shower!
Hopefully at least my heater doesn't run on gas.

Guess I'll find out.

Dumpster Full of Food

“Learn to live cheaply. Learn to live like an animal. One thing we had going for us is we all spent a lot of time in grad school, and long periods of grad school teach you how to live well on a low budget. That’s good training for becoming entrepreneurs. It’s easier to have a high-risk tolerance when you know where the Dumpsters with free food are.”

- Saul Griffith -

iCards

I just received this iCard from my friend Andy.


Now how can you not love this man?
I need all the help and lovin' I can get.

"Hope leads to Courage..."

Current State

Life sucks right now.

But this sting in my heart will soon be of no bother.
No. Not because it will heal. Because I'll become immune to the pain. As I always do.

Hearts Desire

Your hearts desire.
Your logical reasoning for saving money.
The reality and your ability to follow the desires of your heart.

Damn.
I need to learn to just follow my heart.
But my heart's divided.
There lies the problem.

However my heart's divided only for financial reasons.
Damn.

I need to get out.
I need to move on.
I need to find my adventure. My battle. My beauty.

Damn.
I just ate a bite of Ritter Sport: Milk Chocolate with Butter Biscuit.
My favorite chocolate snack from Trader Joe's.
And I brushed my teeth only 20 seconds prior to taking that bite.
Damn.

Bored

Ugh!
So friggin' bored. Bored with life.
Yup, that's right. Bored with LIFE.

It's nothing new. I've (not always, but sure feels like forever) had hard time finding contentment in life.
Is that bad? I don't think so.
It just means that I need to keep "moving" and keep my life exciting.

That's it! "EXCITING!"
'tis the curse of an active mind. I need to keep moving. Whether it be forward or sideways.
In any direction! Anything but stagnant.

I used to say that people who are addicted to TV shows and movies like to get absorbed into them - in hopes, perhaps - to live their lives through such medium - the characters in TV shows and movies. Is that why many of us are so obsessed with celebrities and their lives?

Anyway...
I used to also say that "I make my own movie!" - through my life.
But now seems like my film is stuck on a constant loop - with no change, no excitement, no adventure.
CRAP!

If I were Will Ferrel in the movie, "Stranger than Fiction," what would my story be?
It wouldn't be romance. There's no love interest here.
Not action. Nothing's being blown up nor am I fighting for any greater cause (peace, freedom, love, survival, recognition...)
Not comedy. Although I AM living the "OfficeSpace" life.
Not tragedy. Maybe tragedy. But there really isn't any tragic event happening in my life except that I am cruising through life and wasting every second of it!

So... if my life were a story...
It's so dang bland, that I don't even have a theme for my life!

Now THAT'S a tragedy.

Secure Future /= Good Future

Here's a quote I just read:

"It doesn't do me any good to have a secure future if I don't have any future,"

The lady was talking about her crappy job, where she doesn't see any future.
Hence, having a secure job doesn't do no one any good if there's no future with that job.

Amen to that.