GhettoKitten: Zen In Chaos

#141 – Insurance

Okay, I keep getting all this random mail from my insurance saying such and such is denied, but the amount on the sheet is $0. So why are they wasting so much paper telling me that I’m not going to get charged for something, and how come there’s a claim being rejected that doesn’t require any money? All it does is freak me out thinking it’s a bill, and then it doesn’t actually happen that way, and I open it and then have more paper to shred and waste. Do insurance carriers not care about recycling and not wasting things? If you can get a term life insurance online quote, then that is a start to eliminating paper, but seriously… don’t print out pages of charges of 0. It’s really irksome, and it isn’t a thing you can opt to get online… though I guess I wouldn’t want my medical history e-mailed to me, either.

#140 – Superbowl Sexism

Yeah, I watch football, and yes, I’m a female. It’s a misconception that women don’t like football… I’ve braved horrid cold to stay out in the stadium when I have tickets cheering my team on.

So why are Superbowl advertisements still so sexist?

I mean, really, there are other things that are wrong about the ads, like mocking recycling – what the hell? Recycling has nothing to do with manhood, or womanhood, it’s a simple act that can help our children… but apparently that’s not the belief of a certain company. Well, you can bet I’m going to make a list and not buy anything from these… Well, why would I, since I’m a woman and they’re only targeting men anyhow? Regardless of the fact that I’m such a tomboy normal feminine things just don’t interest me at all… About the most feminine I’ll get is a corset to go with my combat boots. Seems like yet another reason women will not want their men to watch the game, which sucks, because personally I’d hate to see that stereotype flourish.

#139 – Redoing House

My parents have been redoing a lot of the house, including the bathroom, the problems with plumbing, and other things, though for some reason the guy who was supposed to finish part of it STILL hasn’t come back. I hate the tile we have, but if it were up to me, I wouldn’t have any carpet in a house at all. It’s just icky and hard to clean, and you can’t slide across it in socks. I know, stupid reasoning, but I can’t stand carpet. If I ever own a house, I’m not going to have carpet… I might have granite tile or linoleum but not this icky carpet which is always dirty and hard to move things on… Why do we even have wheels on things if we can’t actually slide them on the wheels due to shag carpeting? Plus, ours is the color of bile. =/

#138 – So… Would you?

I’m thinking that the fact that you couldn’t go to hell for using the Death Note would eliminate the reason why a lot of people wouldn’t use it… Especially if you thought you were going to hell anyhow. It seems like for many it would give a purpose, and they could avoid hell, though their life would change so drastically that for some it would become a living hell.

I can’t be sure. I tried to figure out if I would use it, and I couldn’t decisively come to the knowledge of whether I would use it or not. I do know that I wouldn’t use it the way Raitu did… I think he’s foolish and psychotic, and have always been with Team L, myself. However, one can’t deny that this world is corrupt and has been on a continuous downward spiral. Anyone can see that… it’s an evil world, much more evil than when I was small. There’s horrors around every corner, except for those who somehow manage to skate through life with a silver spoon in their mouth.

So, the new question… IF you used the Death Note, how would you use it? What would you use it for?

#136 – Death Note Marathon

We are re-watching Death Note, the entire series, from the beginning. Wow, talk about some errors on Raitu’s part. So here’s the question of the day… If you had the Death Note, would you use it? Keep in mind you’d know that you’d know the pain and fear that only humans who use the Death Note know… that you could never go to Heaven or Hell, that you would have to sacrifice your sanity as well as your conscience and your soul, and that you’d forever be haunted by the Shinigami who would end your life, unless you gave up your memories, and that you’d be the target of main interest the entire world over…

So, would you use it? I’ll answer in a bit. I have to mull it over, actually. It comes down to the age-old question, is every person capable of murder under the right circumstances?

#137 – Sad and Good News

Some sad news again. Instead of baby girl announcements (my friends Jeff and Summer are having a daughter), I get a phone call telling me a close friend has died of cancer. That’s two deaths, too close, of two people I cared so much about. Both of cancer. And the worst of it was that she wouldn’t let us be there for it. I understand that she didn’t want us to see her that way – to always remember her as the wild cowgirl who always had the best karaoke voice, but we would have been there for her. We’d have acted stupid to make her laugh, and let her cry when she needed to, and instead, she just cut off all communication and we were left unprepared to find this out. I miss you, both Jamies and Freddy.

#135 – Resumes

Seems like everyone is updating their resumes these days, and looking for work; Either a better job because they’ve had to take a cut or actually had to find a new job that doesn’t pay what they need, or else they’re completely out of work and reworking them to get a job, period. It’s been a while since I worked on mine, actually. I have new things I should add to it, but I normally use some assistance, in the form of a book or various sites, to help me make it pop out. Especially important if you are a graphic designer, I think, to have a visually impressive resume. Sometimes such things can be decided without the words if the visual impact is striking enough.

#134 – More Mac Madness

So, Hmmm. Apple forbids use of word Android due to competition. o_O

They won’t approve an application that is for sale on both platforms if the developer states that he won an award for it on the Android platform. The closed source vs open source battle is still alive and kicking, it seems.

Me? I find it ridiculous. And, just to be clear, I use both an Android phone and an iPhone. I am a supporter of open source, and if I begin releasing apps again, it will likely be for Android first, then iPhone second. First off, the fee is 1/4 the price, and they don’t band words. *shakes head* Not a great move, Apple. If I hadn’t already been disappointed by that non-portable, non-wifi-streaming giant iPhone re-release you’re calling the iPad, I would have been even more disappointed now…

I can upgrade phones next month on the account on which I use the iPhone, and I’ll be upgrading to another phone. I’ll keep the iPhone for the apps I have on it, and update it via wireless and iTunes, but the keyboard is fairly horrid on it, and since I use my phone for writing, it simply doesn’t fulfill the roles I intended it for. It does fulfill many other roles that I never considered, so it’s useful… but not as my wireless phone carrier.

#133 – Everyone…

is looking for work right now, it seems. Or otherwise, working pretty crappy jobs because it’s all they can get. Not naming names or anything, but there’s some shady behaviour by certain companies at the moment who know they can get away with screwing over their employees in illegal ways, because who is going to leave a job right now without any options, knowing they’d probably be unemployed for a long time, since there is no end to the economical issues in sight? Well, dunno how many people are in sales, but that’s something that’s sort of a niche, personality wise, and so there are sales job search available which might have openings.

#132 – Haha. Random conversation is random.

On reading someone praising the over-rated iPad, which is a giant iPhone without wireless streaming and other features, and seems like yet ANOTHER re-release of such (gods, at least Windows is sucking at something NEW, so what happened to all the super creative designs, people? There are more innovations on random websites nowadays, but then again, I suppose I’m *closer* to a Mac user than anything, since Linux=Love.) And this isn’t an opinion, just a random snippet of conversation… I use an iPhone, actually, and I post from it as well, though the keyboard sorta sucks… So don’t go getting all pissy; This is not a review. I doubt I’ll be reviewing the iPad, actually, though I’ll review the iPhone based on using it for various work and projects.

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Lexy: i sorta REALLY hate itunes… havey ou ever used it?
Lexy: worst. way. to transfer music. EVER.
Laran: once…and I uninstalled it fast
Lexy: it’s awful isn’t it?
Lexy: but if you have an iphone or an ipod, there is NO other way to transfer tunes except in linux
Lexy: itunes is VERY unuserfriendly

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iTunes: Another reason to install Linux. XD