Joy of Socks

Read this, then read my comments below.

The Joy of Sox

DEAR MARGO: I recently married the love of my life (after six years of being single), and he has given me the opportunity to be a stay-at-home mom so that I can take care of my two children from a previous relationship. I have taken on all of the responsibilities of a homemaker from cooking dinner most nights to doing the laundry.

One thing that has given me pause is the fact that my husband throws his socks into the basket without turning the socks right side out. I don't want to reach into dirty socks to turn them right side out. Is it too much to ask that he turn them right side out himself before tossing them in the basket?

--- DISCONCERTED WITH SOCKS

DEAR DIS: I am going to channel my mother on this one. It is a piece of advice she gave me long ago. She actually used leaving socks on the floor as the example. Her position was that the little stuff wasn't worth making a fuss over or getting annoyed about. In your situation, this man sounds like a gem, so maybe turning his socks inside out is not too much to do for him. (If this chore really grosses you out, put on rubber gloves when you do it.)

And perhaps you might say -- once -- "Darling, it would be such a help if you could turn your socks right side out when you take them off." Or, to be practical, wash them the way he leaves them, because that is actually the part that needs laundering.

--- MARGO, PRUDENTLY

Margo is the daughter of Ann Landers. Roy sent me this link because it sounded like me when I first started to do his laundry. I would bitch and moan that his socks were inside out, and they aren't short socks, they're the long socks, so it's a PIA to turn them inside out. After a month or two of putting up with this weird behavior, I told him that it was a PIA to turn your socks inside out. He looked at me and said, "Yeah, but that's the part that needs to be cleaned!" Mind you, that was a smart answer, but you know what? The entire sock gets soaked in soapy water, what's the difference does it make?!

After mentioning this, I only see stray inside out socks here and there. It was enough for me that he learned to put his dirty socks in a laundry basket instead on the floor. Except for the last week. BOTH of our clothes are all over the closet floor. LOL!

Potty Mouth

I swear. Often. Sometimes it just slips, other times, it's a way I can say something to the extreme, like "Oh this is so fuckin' cool!"

I am playing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (and yes, this I have the one with the Hot Coffee, not the remake). The last time I played it was July 25, 2005. I put it down because I felt that it will be too long for me to play, secondly, because I kept screwing up at one little part. Never played it again, until now.

This time around, I'm more experienced with shooter games (thanks to Resident Evil). Breezed through some of the first few missions (aside from getting killed twice from riding my bike the wrong way). Now I've reached to the part where I kept screwing up last time. I've put it down as I've played a bit. I can't play a game for more than 4 hours without feeling tired. Need to rest a bit, then I can get back into the game.

Anyhoo...going back to the topic...this game has a swear word in every sentence. "Oh nigga, we gotta go kill some Ballas!", "Too fuckin' sweet. Need to get some shit.", "Oh fuck you homie!" Etc. Oh it's SO bad. :-)

I remember when I came home from RIT for my break, I was swearing like crazy, I didn't mean it. Mom calls it "Dorm language!" LOL. Of course, she swears too, yet she yells at me about it...go figure.

Nice Weekend

Went to NYC for a day with Paul. We went to many different places that I never went to.
WTC Site
SoHo
Tribeca
Greenwich Villiage
West Side/ Christopher
I had a lot of fun just browsing around in several different stores. Went to Anil Gupta's Tattoo Studio to check out his works. Amazing tattoo artist. No, I did not get a tattoo. :-D

Finished Goblet of Fire on Friday or Thursday, now on to the 5th book.
Finished my 3rd painting. I got great compliments for my second painting, which is below.
Finished Resident Evil 0. Freaky shit. :-) It's a bit short, and there aren't much variety of enemies. Resident Evil 4, there was quite a lot, and sometimes the zombies come at you at swarms, and that's always fun to do. :-) The Chainsaw twins, and Double Chainsaw guys were the freakiest. Just hold on to your heads or they'll be chopped off. *shudders at the sounds of the chainsaws*

Sunday, I went to my family reunion. That was nice. I haven't seen many members of my family in years, so it was nice to catch up with some of these people. :-D
"Winter Serenity" by me. My 2nd painting.

Mocha and etc.

I started on a third painting because I have to let the oil to dry on the second painting before I can really do anything to it. "That's why people like acrylics!" Roy says. Yeah whatever, you know what I actually like oil painting better than acrylics, and I'm willing to wait it out.

My third painting is not based on any photographs or another painting. It's based on a small drawing of mine, and I can't wait to see it done.

Took Mocha to the vet today for her yearly check up and blood work. This is actually the very first time that she was really nasty to the vet. I have to bring her back on Friday to get the blood test...it's very important to check her blood for kidneys, liver, and heart issues. Man, was she a bitch. Left her alone for now.

Still reading Goblet of Fire. This is one of my favorites in the series...almost done with this book!

That's about it. See? I have a boring life, for now.

I'm on a roll!

Finished Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban this morning, now on to Goblet of Fire! Woo!
At this rate, I probably will reach the 7th book in roughly two weeks if I'm reading one book every 3 days.
I am currently playing Resident Evil 0. Creepy. LOL! Again, the only disadvantage is lack of subtiles, however someone wrote the script on GameFAQs, so all is good! I just have to get Roy to print it from work. I'm actually pretty impressed with the graphics of this game.
Here's my very first oil painting. I used Monet's "San Francisco" as my reference. It doesn't look as flat/dull like in the picture...lousy lighting.