God, I hate the new version of Wordpress.  I lose my data all the time and the graphical interface does not work.  I have to use the code version, and most of the time the “save” or “save and continue editing” doesn’t work.

I have nothing to write about.  So I am going to just write about what pops into my head.

 Anyway, what I WAS writing about was my parents’ taste in music when I was young.  My dad listened to Oldies but Goodies, and my mother made me listen to Englebert Humperdink, Tom Jones and Barbara Streisand.  I wondered whether those bands were popular in the sixties and seventies, because it seems that my friends’ parents listened to the rock bands of the sixties and seventies.  My mother was about my age when she listened to these artists.  I listen to stuff that still comes out, and it’s pop rock, so to speak.  Not Britney Spears or anything, but rock.

I think that the dichotomy in my parents’ music choices warped me horribly.  I loved my dad’s music, but I hated my mom’s (sorry Mom). I wonder what happens when you get to your mid-thirties.  Do you lose touch with what’s hot and what’s not?  When do you start listening to classical music and nothing else?  When do you become completely “out” and younger people look at you and go, God you are old!

So, with NOTHING to do these days, and being COMPLETELY BORED, after a couple of weeks, I start craving domestic things.  I know, very weird for me.  Michelle liking kids?  OMG.  Michelle cooking?  WTF.  But this always happens when I get bored for awhile.

So yesterday, I had this craving to do cross stitch.  I used to needlepoint with my grandmother all the time.  Because I sit around so much, and I am so bored, I guess the cross stitch came up as an idea to keep me busy while I sit here.  I am so incredibly tired of sitting at my computer all day long, waiting for emails, waiting for someone to talk to me, etc.  I want away from the computer. 

So I went to Michael’s (Hobby Lobby isn’t open yet out here; soon though), and got a few cross stitch pieces.  I am doing one for dummies right now, but picked up a couple that I really like.  Man, some of them are REALLY expensive.  However, there are some cool patterns that you can get from books that don’t require that the X’s be on the canvas.  In fact, two of them that I picked up have a blank canvas, and you just follow the pattern.

I have also had an itch to go buy some more flowers.  I want to plant some out in the front, and I am getting a hoe, because I have a jungle issues going on with my Fotinas near the fence.  A few of my other potted plants died, so I am going to replace them.

I still don’t want to cook, so I know I haven’t gone crazy yet.  The thought of staying at home and not traveling has appealed to me greatly, because I have really started to grow a life here.  And, I want to keep my flowers alive.  I have three meetup groups that I attend now, and I now have the following friends:

Lenore
Tina (known her forever, though)
My vet
Her friend Monica
Lynn
All the sci-fi group members
Taki
AJ

I have people to do things with any time that I want.  This is a huge difference than before.  The other thing that I have wanted to do is get back into running.  I love to run; I did cross country in high school.  Although I am not very good at it, I just find great freedom in it.  So I have decided to get back into the walk/jog thing.  I want to set a running goal.  With aerobics, I can’t really “set” a goal; just a goal of how many minutes I can do it.  With running, I can really see quick results like, today I will walk and jog a mile. By the end of the week, it will be a mile and a half.  I feel like I have a sense of accomplishment.  Plus, I get to get outside, and I don’t have to have a costly membership to a club (well, they are cheap), and not go (which is normal for me).  I always feel so free when I jog/run.

The only other thing that was going on with me was the discussion between my brother, aunt and mother about what type of computer my mother should be next.  We did a major comparison between Mac and Wintel, and Wintel won out; but only due to cultural adoption issues.  I have long told people that my next laptop will be a Mac.  I was in shock, because that’s the most I have talked to my brother and aunt via email; ever.  So I have learned that if I want to hear from my brother and aunt via email, I thought out something that has to do with Mac vs. Wintel, and I am good to go.

So, that’s about all for now.  Hope you all have a great weekend!