As an update to my post from yesterday, I was able to cancel my Netfirms account—- quickly and painlessly — but only after moving my remaining site from their servers, of course. I had already paid for my next billing cycle which was supposed to start on the 17th, so the rep issued me a credit. True to her word, it was right there when I checked my credit card account activity.

I’m grateful for that, at least. Too bad their sales/tech support/customer service reps aren’t nearly as accessible or helpful as their billing reps.

In other news, I’m still sick. I don’t have a fever or anything, but I can hardly talk. My throat is all sore from coughing, and my voice is pretty much gone, and if I’m not whispering, it’s difficult to understand anything I’m saying. Hopefully this clears up by later this week

Oh, I was watching Paula Deen’s Paula’s Home Cooking yesterday evening while littleQ lay curled up next to me on the couch, napping. Everything Paula cooks looks like it tastes like pure, unadulterated comestible heaven. Heaven’s where you’ll end up though if you recreate and eat too many of her recipes because Ms. Deen sure as hell doesn’t create her artery-clogging flavor sensations with Weight Watchers, South Beach or Atkins in mind. Anyway, the episode I watched was a Thanksgiving episode from a few years ago, and she went through how to fry a turkey. I feel fatter (and oily) just thinking about it, but oh my freaking gosh what I would do to eat some fried turkey after watching that episode. My mouth has literally begun to water at the thought of it. I would so cook that this Thanksgiving, but then I’d have to buy one of those big ol’ turkey fryers that must be set up in the backyard. Do I really need a turkey fryer? This is a pretty difficult decision, let me tell you.

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Last night, I couldn’t sleep. (a bit of knowledge that you could have gleaned from the post title, lol)

So like I always do when I pretty much have nothing else to do (and I rarely have anything that I must do at 4AM), is browse YouTube. There were a few nonsensical videos that I wanted to share with anyoneand everyone who happens to stumble upon my blog, but I was having some difficulty in properly embedding them.

I attempted to post a couple of videos using Windows Live Writer, but for some reason, after the entry was posted, the video would be converted to an image with a link to it’s page on YouTube. WHY? I don’t know and really, although I could not get myself to sleep, I also did not have enough active brainpower left for the “day” so I didn’t feel like figuring that out. – I realize now that the URL given by YouTube, DUHHH isn’t the video itself, it’s just a link to it’s page on YouTube, and that is why this was happening in Windows Live Writer. See? I told you I didn’t have enough brainpower

EDIT::WTH is going on??? It’s working now! The way it’s supposed to! 

EDIT AGAIN:: Okay, it’s not working again.. just a second ago the video worked, but when I went to edit the post, the image replaced the video again.. Hmmmmmm…..

Next I decided I would try and use YouTube’s auto-posting feature. This worked, in that it was properly embedded (well of course that would work), but it messed up the layout of my blog for some reason. Again, WHY? I don’t know why, but I do know that it definitely is a quirk with the CSS of my site, which I honestly don’t feel like tweaking right now.

Let me tell you, I was very disappointed that I was unable to post the videos last night :’(

But… I feel that by watching video that I find quite amusing though nonsensical, you might be inclined to watch it, and you may smile, and shake your head at the silliness, you might even giggle to yourself in that dimly lit bunker you call your “office.” Smiles and giggles are good things. I’d like to bring a little bit of happiness to your world, so here’s a link to one of the videos I was going to post last night:

This is one of my all time favorite AskANinja episodes.

If I have helped you smile today, or if for some reason that video made you mad, feel free to leave a comment

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I’m currently training for a new job, and during training we have homework.  Right now I’m doing that homework.  No, it’s not hard, but Futurama is on Adult Swim right now, and it is distracting me.  Mucho.  Mucho mucho.

It’s the episode where Leela and Fry get stung by these giant bees and the whole time Leela is tripping, completely unaware that she is.  Meanwhile, she thinks Fry has died, but that’s just in her mind, because she’s really unconscious and just dreaming…… yada yada yada… yes I’ve seen this episode about 2 or 3 times already.

Ay.

Oh, I don’t think I mentioned this.. but this new job is a work at home position, and that’s niiiiice

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The movie The Reaping was outstanding.

Unlike many movies nowadays, I would have to say that The Reaping effectively keeps you thinking and speculating about WTF is going on until the very end.  Hilary Swank was great, but then she is an amazing actress.

We also saw The Hills Have Eyes 2 last weekend, and while that was a great film… oh shoot well I don’t want to ruin it for anyone who is still planning on seeing it.  I liked it, but the gross factor was upped about 200% from that of the first one.  mrQ said it was OK.

On another note, don’t you hate it when you happen to go to the same theater that disrespectful hooligans are currently at?  When we saw the reaping last night, it was like the theater we went to was filled to bursting with teenage and 20-something disrespectful hooligans.  (Just as a side note, I am 20 years old, but I SURE know how to act in a movie theater)  I don’t know how these assholes were brought up, but see, The Reaping is not a comedy. 

Laughing at obviously inappropriate times is simply annoying and makes people near you want to yell obscenities at you, thus creating an even bigger ruckus.  (No, I didn’t yell any obscenities, but I sure wanted to, though someone else did yell at the low class, immature fools.)   

Anyway, the movie was at 12:30 AM and rated R, and maybe I’m being a fuddy duddy, but the 25% of the kids there who looked about 15 years old should have been home in their beds.  Or they should have at least kept their mouths shut and their cell phones to silent during the movie.

Bastards.

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Now I’m not saying it was a bad movie.. it was just frustrating. And gross. And disturbing.. on sooo many levels. Anyone else feel this way??