goddamnit!

it’s zero degrees outside. that’s up from the -4 we had overnight.

the rest of the week’s forecast is all snow.

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dude, what the fuck?!

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the man and i haven’t had a tv since we moved in august. something about finding just the right one, XMBC technology, etc … meanwhile, we had comcast come out to install the internet and tv. no problem with the ‘net but they wouldn’t do the tv installation without a tv in the room. stupid, right? fine! they still charged us a $99 installation fee. WTF?!

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hi there shady web developer,

it’s kelli again. you know, that super-frustrated woman who’s paying you to redesign her business website.

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if you don’t know how to do something, there’s no shame in saying so. but if you lie to me and waste my time, only to have me find out you never knew what you were doing, please don’t expect to get paid.
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after nearly a year in Boston, it’s time to move. again. what seemed like great spot when i came apartment hunting last summer has turned into a noisy, less-than-ideal spot. so the man and i have been searching for new digs. here are some things i want the local apartment brokers, listing agents and owners to know. Read the rest of this entry »

i cut to the chase, i pull no punches and i don’t suffer fools.

be real with me or beat it. i have absolutely no time for fake ones, flatterers, admirers or wannabes. there is no room for thieves or liars, would-be friends or phony family, part-time lovers or the disloyal. with me, what you see if what you  get. if you can’t handle it, don’t make it my problem. i don’t do half-assed and i take no shorts. mediocrity will never be on the agenda. either love me or leave me alone.

my aces know who they are. everyone else, please feel free to take your leave.

i hate you.

you’ve spent the last 15 years raping us, mining our childhood for movie ideas to make a quick buck. everything old is “new,” with 3-D gimmicks, better computer graphics and hotter, one-dimensional actors. from tv shows to toys, we are definitely in the age of recycling.

sure, “Transformers” was alright but you ruined it with “Revenge of the Fallen.”  “Iron Man” was better than i expected but “GI Joe” was crap. “The A-Team” is going to be awful and you know it. coming soon: “The Neverending Story” and (the last fucking straw) “Clash of the Titans.”

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when did the quality of clothing in this country deteriorate to total crap?

i like to buy staples: classic pieces that will never go out of style and are made to last a long time. seems simple, right? recently i went looking for a pair of brown pants. nothing crazy, just something basic that i can mix with tops and jackets i already have.

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sooo … my yahoo account got hacked a few months ago. to stem the tide of obnoxious sales messages being sent to my address book, i shut the account down. of course, now that sign-in doesn’t work for flickr.

i wrote to yahoo account services and explained the situation. they had me jumping through all kinds of hoops to verify the account belonged to me: name, email address, copy of government issued ID, birthdate, zip code, etc.. i faxed them the stupid questionnaire which was no help AT ALL since i apparently got one question wrong. i opened the account more than 10 years ago and i have no memory of the security settings required back then. yahoo doesn’t care.

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6:30 a.m. is the absolute wrong time to be honking a car horn to get someone’s attention. especially when said car is right underneath my bedroom window and i’ve only just gotten back to sleep.

if you honk once and your intended target doesn’t respond, it’s unreasonable to expect that continuing to lay on the car horn is going to have a different result. early in the morning, there aren’t many other sounds to compete with. he’s either deaf, ignoring you or not where you think he should be. please, PLEASE, lay off the fucking the horn and pick up the phone if you really need to reach him.

these are days i wish i owned a pellet gun.

our culture has devolved a little, i think. what ever happened to human-based transactional services? from buying groceries to pumping gas to banking, increasingly we’re expected to do it all ourselves. and for what? to save corporations a few bucks in labor costs? oh, they tell us it’s better for us but the companies are saving money while we lose basic customer service. Read the rest of this entry »

so, i’m new to this whole blogging thing and i’d like to get better at it. or, at least, have a better understanding of how it works and why, efficiency, tracking readership and the whole nine. i was hoping the public library would help. unfortunately, every book about blogging published since 2002 in most of the branches of the denver public library system is checked out. wtf?!   Read the rest of this entry »

i admit that the flights we chose weren’t ideal. we were ending a blissful vacation by going from st. thomas to san juan to miami to denver. never again.

if the airlines expect passengers to shell out more money for fewer flights and less no service and charge us to handle bags, i expect the airlines to show some improvement. where’s all that extra money going? Read the rest of this entry »

every time i fly i am reminded that as air travel becomes more affordable, it resembles more and more a greyhound bus in the sky. manners disappear and the shoving starts. adults traveling in what look like pajamas with filthy pillows they brought from home. small children wander the aisle barefoot, stuffing what looks like sticky food into their mouths and then touching every seat they pass. Read the rest of this entry »

as a freelancer, i spent half my time educating clients about what good design is. most of them take my advice and give me a fair amount of creative license. but there are those that, no matter what i say, insist that they know more than me when it comes to what looks good. Read the rest of this entry »

so … yeah. i got a speeding ticket the week before thanksgiving. i honestly wasn’t speeding but that’s what everyone says, i guess. so i figure i’ll take it to the judge, explain my situation and walk away with some kind of reduction in fine and points. Read the rest of this entry »