Right after we finished re-roofing the house a few weeks ago, the weather decided to get cool. It’s not unusual around here to have cool/warm/cool go back and forth, but it is odd to have it stay cool all at once. Gotta love the midwest and it’s climate changes.

It would be nice if the weather warmed back up during October for the House of Horror, but I’m not holding my breath. Last year we froze our tails off outside in the back. Thank goodness I’m in the front of the house this year and won’t have to worry about it. We have about 99% of our construction done. Most of what is left is minor painting and detail work. Now to make sure costumes are lined out…

I JUST got the phone call that my car is finally done being repaired. That’s what I get for having a car with about two inches of room to work in the front end. Luckily Richard noticed that the idle-pulley was worn out as well. I would have fallen over if I would’ve found that out a month down the road and had to have the car yanked apart again at a four hour minimum.

This morning I picked up my petition to get on the primary ballot in February. It only takes 25 signatures from registered voters in the city. I could get that in my sleep.

I did find out that there are a few other items to be done when filing the petitions in December, though. Apparently you must file a form with the county that says whether you receive any money or anything else from the city. I understand it, but also think it’s dumb. Heck, our President and other politicians are rich and keep making themselves and friends richer, but the city is worried about me. Stupid, but whatever.

While I’m on a politics trip – How long will Americans keep letting their privacy get eroded? The government now wants to have ISP’s track my internet usage “in case” they need those records “if” I break the law and have to prosecute me.

FYI – According to the Patriot Act II (also known as “Bush does whatever he wants Act”), Any subversive statement about the government, the illegal US prisons operated all over the world and within the US, or anything else the government doesn’t like can be cause for imprisonment just like the “terrorists” at Gitmo. I’m not saying that’s an exact quote, but read it some time, it’s all in there. And you thought you were free and safe.

The politicians pushing this crap are of course saying that it’s “to fight child pornography”, “to stop online predators”, etc.

How long will the public walk along like the sheep they are and let this happen? Isn’t the burden of proof on the state? If they can’t prove their case, can they make businesses keep the evidence on hand “just in case”?

Wake up people. We’re heading down the path to a 1984-esque world and you’re just sitting there enjoying the ride while they say “It’s for the children…” or whatever the mantra is at the moment.

Today at work was hectic. I didn’t know that going back to Customer Care would bring me down so much, but it has at an alarming rate. It’s not that I don’t like my co-workers, they’re great. Unfortunately the extreme demands of covering 4 positions at once is something I’ve become soft on in my year and a half of just doing 3 or so closely related tasks.

I’m sure I’ll re-adjust and all will be well for my remaining time, but it’s tough getting re-adjusted.

The House of Horror is coming along nicely. Unfortunately, my local Jaycees chapter may lose it’s charter. The state office says we’re out of time, and we are still struggling. Right now we have the oldest active charter in Illinois. I’d really hate to lose that, but it looks like we will.

I’m still waiting for Walgreens to call about an interview for their IT/Computer Room position. I called and the HR gentleman confirmed that they have not filled the position and would be letting everyone who submitted a resume know when it had been filled. I believe I’m qualified and could learn their system quickly, but I have to convince them of the same.

At work this week I’ve been doing nothing but data entry. It’s quite tedious and boring, but it’s nice to know what I’m doing everyday. We are finally seeing that we’ve made progress in the stack of paper, and it’s nice to visually appreciate that progress. We should actually be DONE by the middle of next week thank goodness.

I submitted a resume to Walgreens DC to work in their IT/computer room department. I think I’m qualified except for perhaps industry-specific software. Not to sound cocky, but I usually pick that stuff up pretty easily so I’m hoping they call. I made a follow-up call to a gentleman in their HR department, but only got his voicemail. I’m troubled in that I really would like to work there, but I also don’t want to come off as annoying or desparate.

The House of Horror is going well. The first and final thirds are progressing nicely. The middle third is not going as quickly, but we are still on schedule to be done and ready to roll by our deadline. JC is going to record our radio spots for us, or at least arrange to have them recorded. He’s been a great guiding hand in helping me with media and promotion.