9/11 - We Remember

Today is the 5 year anniversary of the Terrorist attack here in the US. I was listening to the radio at work when I heard of the plane crashing into the WTC, but it didn't really register what was happening. Within a short time, the radio station hooked to a news feed for the rest of the day. I couldn't wait to get home to see what happened. I still can't believe it. Who would have thought someone would crash passenger jets into buildings??!!

Apologies all Around
I apologize to all my friends who took the time to invite me to some event this weekend. I'm not sure what's happening to me, could be age, probably is some type of depression related to the unemployment, but I just can't get motivated to go anywhere. I did work outside so I wasn't sitting around moping. Thank you all and please keep inviting me. I know you'll get tired of it, but, hopefully, someday, I'll show up again.

Gardening
Now that the weather is perfect, I get to work outside. All the gardening issues I've put off for the summer have to get done now. It's time to divide up all the hostas, day lilies, etc, and plant them. I cleared a rather large section of my back yard that I'd and now I'm ready. I need to plant some liriope to hold back the erosion and then plant some hostas and azaleas. I did some homework and it seems some of the plants I'm favoring (hostas, laropetulum, mahonia) are drought resistant and disease resistant. In other words, low maintenance. My favorite words. I've also discovered that some of the plants in the backyard have 'had babies', so I can dig them up and plant them. I don't have to buy anything. So that's what I'll be doing for awhile, digging in the garden. Eventually I want to rent a tiller and cultivate some gardens to do some mass plantings.

Poison Ivy
I know I got into poison ivy yesterday, I recognized it. I was raking some grass and I caught some of the ivy vines. I was very careful to put that in the refuse bag, I took off my gloves, dumped rubbing alcohol all over my arms, came inside and washed my arms with soap and water, got new gloves and went back to work. Later, the same thing happened, I dug some poison ivy up, picked it up in a plastic bag, and went thru the whole routine again. This time I didn't go back to working in the garden, I stopped. I'll let you know if I get poison ivy. I seem to be highly allergic to it.

Movie Review
I watched last night 'The Matador' with Greg Kinnear and Pierce Brosnan, who also produced it. The character that Pierce Brosnan plays is not a very likeable guy. He's a liar, cold and cruel, dirty, uses all people, and he doesn't look good. Very harsh lighting and filming, Brosnan isn't as pretty as he could be. But you really don't care what happens to him. Greg Kinnear plays the opposite, a good hearted, clean, happily married man. Somehow they connect and effect each other's lives. But who cares? You don't make a connection to either guy. It also has a suprise ending, which you can see coming, but can you? But you, again, don't care. Overall, it was a long 90 minutes. The end was a 'feel good' ending, definately not what you'd expect. Actually, it was entertaining, just unremarkable.

Netflix
I put all 3 movies I watched over Labor Day weekend in the mail back to Netflix last Tuesday. So far, they've only acknowledged they've received 2 of them, and have only sent me one. I'm supposed to get the next one on Tuesday. Haven't they already had a class-action suit against them for sending movies when they feel like it? Huummmm.

Job Hunt
Nothing yet. What to do? What if I can't get a job doing what I (think) I want to do? What do I do then? I'm not real sure I want to do the 'Corporate Thing', but I've never been sure of that. And if I get a job as a business analyst, who's to say it won't be the same crap? What do I want to do when I grow up? Why do I want to grow up??

More to come...
As things happen, I'll be posting. Thanks for taking the time to read. You're opinions are welcome but if you have to start calling me names, don't bother, I won't read them. As my Dad says 'Opinions are like a**holes, everyone has one.'