This is a whine post.

So, go away if you think whining is childish.

I have been up since 4pm, yesterday.

I had, at that time, about four hours of sleep.

Last night, I worked 11pm to 7:30, this morning.

Yesterday, someone forgot to pay the gas bill, so the gasman, without bothering to come up to the door and knock, turned the gas off. Fuckhead.

This morning, mom pays the gas bill.

Gas company refuses to say at what time they will send a person to the house to turn it back on.

Having the gas turned on requires someone home, because the dryer, water heater and stove all have pilot lights that said person has to make certain are all right. Same goes for the heating system, iirc.

My sisters are off to work, having had a full night's sleep. Mom is at work. Dad is at work.

Guess who has to stay up until the gasman arrives.

Me.

I've been awake for 16 hours, on four hours' sleep. I have to work at 5pm until midnight.

If the gasmen don't arrive until 3 or 4, I'll, by the time I get home from work, have been up for 32 hours.

Lovely. Just what I needed to add on top of the shit that people are pulling at work. No sleep. Gee.

I'm so happy.

On a mellower note...

Not sure if I mentioned it, but the VCR idea worked. I can hook up the one from home to the cable at work and run it out to the tv at the desk. Happyme.

I can watch anything, and tape stuff, tooooo. ;)

Chee.

I watched 5 episodes of Doctor Who last night. Was kind of fun, kind of overwhelming... All that storyline at once...

Noticed something interesting, though... They could just be a tired mind reading into things, but... There were a few Douglas Adams/Hitchiker's Guide references. Unfortunately, I only wrote down one.

But, the episodes I watched were... Fifth Doc: "Kinda" and "The Visitation". Visitation had a few comments that made me go, "Ford?". Kinda had one, but I can't recall it.

Seventh Doc: "Silver Nemesis", "Greatest Show in the Galaxy" and "Ghost Light"... Ghost Light had the Doctor saying, "Who was it that said mankind never invites their ancestors to sit down to dinner with them?" Which is a direct commentary on a line in the Guide about how Humans never invite their ancestors to sit down to dinner with them...

*chuckle*

I have Cherry Coke, Crispix, and a Klondike Bar... Mmmm.

Went to see my nephew last night. He is SUCH a cutie. And my brother is scary as a dad. He's like, so into it... And he's apparently very like BOTH Dads in regards to how he acts. My brother's in-laws were there, and the two moms were watching Gabe, and talking about it.

*snicker* These are the same two dads who showed up to the Vows ceremony in the same exact suit and shoes, right down to the glasses in their white shirt pockets. ;)

My brother is almost living in Yuppieville. Luckily, it's Affton, which is slightly less expensive...

Saw Pitch Black a few days ago. Still not sure if it was a great movie or not. It sucked me in and kept ME interesting, so it was at least mildly entertaining.

Wasn't, say, Alien... But what is?

Otoh, I was more fascinated by some parts of it than I was by bits of Gladiator.

Also saw a movie called The Court Jester. Was an utter scream. Dialogue that was silly in the extreme. Nicely timed comedy. Sigh. Why can't films today be like this?

I tried NOT watching The Court Jester, but it was silly and intriguing enough that I kept going back. Eh. I'm a sucker for witty dialogue.

Anyway. Should probably eat my Crispix and vanilla ice cream... I already ate the chocolate shell. Yum.

Oh. One last thing. They STILL DON'T HAVE a 'groovy' mood choice. Feh.