Unbelievable

Why Itchy? Why?

We had a deal. We were eating too many sweets. We decided to cut way back on them. You promised that you wouldn't eat the crap at the bake sales*. Unless they had broccoli. We agreed that you could eat as much broccoli as you wanted. So why did you have a brownie today? More importantly, why didn't you bring one home for me? I mean really, if you were going to cheat than I should have at least had the option. Isn't that common knowledge at this point? In case you didn't know, I have a sweet tooth. I crave chocolate all the time. It isn't cool when you come home and tell me that you had a brownie. It's worse when you keep making excuses. I don't care if it was free. I doubt that "it wasn't that good". Just bring home half of the god damn thing!

Oh and we had plans for Saturday. Don't tell me that we can spend the day at the beach if what you mean is that you need to check with your football team first. I don't care if you have practice. You guys need to practice. You agreed to go to practice at 4:30, not 3:00. Leaving the beach at 2:00 is a lot different than leaving at 3:30. That's an hour and a half of beachy fun. And since we probably won't leave for the beach until at least 11, that hour and a half totally counts. You made plans with me first. So what if you told everyone that if they don't show up they shouldn't get to play. Do you really think that anyone else thinks that? Or would actually enforce that? They didn't even take Droppy McDropstheball out of the last game. I know you don't have control over what other people do. I understand that it was a voting situation. Here's the thing, you could have said 7 simple words. "I can not be there until 4". You have control over what YOU do. Football doesn't have to come first.

Of course, if it's raining on Saturday it won't even matter. Let's hope it rains. It'll just be easier. You won't have to check your phone every 20 minutes to see if it's time to leave. You won't have to pretend that you aren't thinking solely about football.

You fail at promises Itchy. Double fail.

*Itchy's school has an unbelievable amount of bake sales. They have 2,385,344 different clubs and whatnot. They all have bake sales to raise money. It's a bit ridiculous.

As the world turns

I feel like I've been busy. I haven't. But it certainly feels that way. I think it's because I'm going to the gym more, football season started up again, and that I am cooking real meals again.

Going to the gym takes up a lot of time. It is not just the hour and a half that we are AT the gym. It's the 20 minutes to get ready, the 10 minutes to drive there and back, and the showering/redressing afterwards. Not to mention the time it takes to do all of the laundry that going to the gym produces.

Football may only be on Sundays but man, it feels like it takes up the whole day. We have to get there early to set up, we stay for all the games, and then I pick up garbage after the games. I still can't believe that people leave behind that much stuff. I fill 2 or 3 garbage bags every week with water bottles. Water bottles that were not there when we got there. We set up the fields. I tend to notice the garbage laying around when we set up. There isn't much. I mean, locals use that field and they do leave behind their share of water bottles and shoes (or parts of shoes). It irritates me that people leave behind that much stuff. I pick it up every week because it's the right thing to do. Sorry about the tangent. Anyway, once we get home we shower and eat. Then it's time to update the football website.

It was Itchy's idea to start a website. I started a blog for him to give him ideas. It's not what he wanted but he's using it. I've done most of the design aspects. It feels like I've been cheating on this blog. Sorry blog.

The cooking thing has taken up a lot of time. I plan all of our meals. I have a 4 week rotation with foods the we like, can get ingredients for, and can afford to eat on a regular basis (obviously, things like steak and lobster are not on this rotation). It takes a lot of time. Once it's done I'm glad I did it but during the process it just seems like a giant pain in the ass. The actual cooking is no problem. Sure it takes longer than the 'already prepared' meals we had been eating (during the 6 weeks we had no cooking gas) but I think it's worth it. But it does take more time. And it creates more dishes. Which I have to wash. Which takes more time away from making seashell necklaces.

On a more fun note, I've got the camera back so I can get some of the pictures I need for future posts. Just have to quit being lazy and get the pictures taken.

Wii

I've been reading about the new Wii Fit game. There seems to be quite the demand. Of course, this is just internet buzz. I personally don't know that many people with a Wii. But according to the internet, a lot of people are going to lose weight with their brand new Wii Fit game.

I've seen the graphics for other Wii games and was curious to see if this was all cartoon like as well. It is. It would be better if the character was Mario. He's a fat guy. He could stand to lose some weight. Hell, even Princess Peach has huge hips. She should be a character. It would make the game more fun.

I don't know if it'll actually help people though. It seems like you barely move. I mean, you have to stay on the platform for almost everything. That really limits your range of motion. I guess it would help your balance. It has a yoga section which I suppose could be helpful. I'm just a skeptic though. That's probably because I work my ass off and well, my ass is still huge. How can running, biking, elipiticalling, and lifting weights not work? But stand on a white platform trying to balance on one foot and poof, there goes 10 pounds?

While I was looking for more info, I came across this video. It's pretty funny.

One more update

We have cooking gas again! And it only took two months. I can boil water again! This makes me happy.

It turns out that our old neighbors were completely wrong. We asked them where we go to order cooking gas. They told us, and I quote, "The red and white building across from the hospital. It's not a gas station, just a building. It's kind of by the Shell station, but it's definitely not Shell." End quote.

Except that the only 2 buildings across from the hospital ARE gas stations. The red and white one is Texaco. The one next to it is Shell.

We just figured that she was remembering things wrong. For pete's sake, she said that it was the red and white building across from the hospital, so she must mean the Texaco, right? Right? Well, Itchy kept going there. They were always out of cooking gas. There was no waiting list. You just have to keep checking. Finally, Itchy grew tired of this (and my bitching about it). He asked our landlady if she could help. She asked where he had been going. He told her the Texaco across from the hospital. She told him that he needs to go to the SHELL GAS STATION.

Seriously? It's definitely not the Shell? What the hell? Did you mean to say that it WAS definitely the Shell station? Or did you not want us to have cooking gas?

Either way, I'm boiling water just for the hell of it.

ETA: Our landlady even made fun of the locals. She said that the people working at the Texaco could have just been a *little* helpful and told Itchy where to go. She didn't understand why they couldn't be just say something. It was funny to hear a local complain the locals.

Update on the workout

I started it yesterday (because Monday is a good day to start new things). I'm still doing it. That is all.

What a waste!

I'm wasting an airline ticket tomorrow! Yeah for hundreds of dollars being just thrown away! I wish I could do it more often. Maybe I will. I'll just keep booking flights and then not taking them. yes, this sounds like a fine idea.

See, I have a flight booked for May 21st (tomorrow). I can't actually leave tomorrow since I'm leaving in July. I called to get my ticket changed but American Airlines sucks. Apparently, the ticket is only good until October. I need it in April 2009. It's nonrefundable and nontransferable. I get nothing for canceling it. It'll cost at least $400 to make any changes (fares have gone up).

I have a flight booked in July. I thought about changing tomorrow's flight to July, the ticket in July to April, and then getting the correct date for the return ticket in August. But if it's $400 for one ticket change, than it'll probably be over $1200 for three tickets. For $1200, I can just book a brand new flight. Which is what I will be doing. Bastards.

Of course, I can't even talk to anyone from American Airlines. The number to call if you are calling from the West Indies does NOT work. Any other number requires a credit card because they are not toll free unless you are calling from that location. Umm, international call rates (that they don't specify) are not a cheap. So no, you can't have my credit card number. How about you get a number that IS toll free for your loyal customers stuck in the West Indies. Oh and stop answering my emails with an email that I need to call you. I CAN'T! That's the whole point. Can you stop being idiots and do something helpful? Please?

In addition to this crap, I still haven't heard anything about my VISA renewal. The oh so unhelpful people taking care of that should have gotten back to me by now. The stupid thing expires next week. I turned it in on time. So what's the hold up?

Famous People

Itchy and I spent the afternoon at the beach. I did *not* get sunburned. New sunscreen +hat +t-shirt = no sunburn. So that was a nice change. Itchy had perhaps one or two too many drinks. He fell asleep at 8 pm (just after we got home). I had to stay up and do laundry (it's nearly 1 am now). Boo to laundry. There were many, many people at the beach. It was a school event (fund raising for a scuba/diving club) so it was mostly students. A few tourists to stare at us (our island lifestyle is different-we have much lower standards) and a few locals to laugh at us.

At one point, a catamaran pulled up to the beach. Word spread quickly. Eli Manning was on that boat. His older, funnier, and more talented brother Payton may have also been on the boat. We were close enough to it to see people. I totally saw Eli. That's pretty damn cool. I mean, I hate the Giants, but it's still fun. They left when a crowd formed. They did come back and get off the boat a few hours later though. We were leaving so we didn't go try to meet him or anything. Really though, the guy is on vacation. He should be able to relax without people bugging him. We probably would have left him alone anyway.

He's not my first famous person. I once ran into Tori Amos. Literally. I was late for my Geology class. I was running to get there on time (I actually *loved* that class) and she was performing on campus (later that day, not actually performing when I ran into her). I took a shortcut and ran.right.into.her. Oops. I almost knocked her over. I apologized, she laughed it off, and I continued to run to class. Once I got into class I realized who I had just run into. I wasn't a huge fan or anything, but it's still a funny story. I've also seen Justin Timberlake in an airport. Not a great story though. He was walking. I was sitting. He walked by, people stared, and then I realized who he was. I'm not a fan so I didn't really care. Of course, living in a city (before the island) with all sorts of professional sports teams, I've seen a few of them but couldn't tell you who they were. Just that they were famous. So no big name players. There may have been others. I'm not the type to *recognize* people. What are your famous people stories?