Today I had to pull a pigeon out of my friends chimney. The poor thing was stuck there for a long time and was caught in the fluke. I pulled a muscle in my leg contorting in new positions trying to get him out. I put on rubber kitchen gloves, but he didn't even try to bite me. He actually seemed relieved that I was helping him. Once we got him outside he flew up on to the roof. From there he flew to my own roof a few doors down. Poor thing...such trauma.
I love my job. Almost everyone who calls is just so appreciative. Why not be appreciative of free support to quit smoking? The Spanish speaking clients are fun too. I think that they are super appreciative that I struggle to communicate with them. My last caller was like "Oh you speak so well." even though I am struggling from time to time. Everyone of them has thanked me a million times and has been very patient. I really, really like to be shown appreciation for what I do. If I don't get at least some appreciation, and I feel that I deserve it, I get kind of bitter.
Sometimes I even think that in some of the work I have done in the past that my employer will refuse to say thank you or to say that I did a good job, because that would in some way cause me to not work as hard or something. The mentality where they think "I'm paying you so I don't have to say thank you". Obviously they don't have to, but in the situations where my employer has shown gratitude other than in monetary value I am much happier. It doesn't even take that much either. I'm not needy and don't need to be thanked constantly, just occasionally. It's not that I work less if someone is condescending or shows lack or respect or didn't show that they cared about my concerns, its just that I won't want to work for you anymore, so if you really want to keep me you wouldn't do those things. Might I add that it helps if you do NOT willingly make me a part one of your sick and twisted S&M fantasies involving Mulder and Scully and Harry Potter... IS that too much to ask?!
Anyways, I have been meaning to talk about how much I like helping people and how much good will I feel towards Roswell for treating me well in return. My co-workers all seem nice and respectful too. I put some photos I took this summer in my cube. It was nice to make a cube look better and not so gray. I plan on rotating them with different ones too spice it up a bit.
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10/14/2007 16:59 #41649
Chimney Fluke10/07/2007 23:43 #41546
Lake TemperaturesThe lake is at a record high temperature today. It is 67 degrees today with an average of 62 for 10/07.
My rabbit is shedding non-stop. This is very unusual at this time of the year. It is driving me crazy. I can't keep this tiny apt clean even though I clean it every week. His hair and hay eventually cover the entire square footage of the house by the end of the week. Maybe I'll hire someone to clean it.
I really like this weather, but at the same time I know it has very real consequences. Less than a week away and we had the October storm. I can't deal with that again. Anyways, it isn't just one particular day that has me worried, it is the consistency of the heat.
The storm last night is more typical of August weather. It was nice, but it lasted forever. I really couldn't sleep. My bed is right under a window and with the heat I couldn't bear to close it. That is one of my fears, getting struck down by lightning that comes through a window.
The air was not very breathable today. It was actually kind of gross and I had another hard day breathing. It wasn't ozone according to airnow.gov. It was particle matter. This was their warning for today that continues into tomorrow.
I suppose I am one of those unusually sensitive people that can smell toxins and pollutants in the air when a lot of other people don't notice. Personally I think the air is worse than their testing shows. I think their is something in the air here that isn't measured in in their tests, but nonetheless is pretty stank. I don't think that their is one particular source but really just a mixture of toxins from different factories that mingle with each other and create a nauseating cloud.
Sources
My rabbit is shedding non-stop. This is very unusual at this time of the year. It is driving me crazy. I can't keep this tiny apt clean even though I clean it every week. His hair and hay eventually cover the entire square footage of the house by the end of the week. Maybe I'll hire someone to clean it.
I really like this weather, but at the same time I know it has very real consequences. Less than a week away and we had the October storm. I can't deal with that again. Anyways, it isn't just one particular day that has me worried, it is the consistency of the heat.
The storm last night is more typical of August weather. It was nice, but it lasted forever. I really couldn't sleep. My bed is right under a window and with the heat I couldn't bear to close it. That is one of my fears, getting struck down by lightning that comes through a window.
The air was not very breathable today. It was actually kind of gross and I had another hard day breathing. It wasn't ozone according to airnow.gov. It was particle matter. This was their warning for today that continues into tomorrow.
Unusually sensitive people should consider reducing prolonged or heavy exertion.
I suppose I am one of those unusually sensitive people that can smell toxins and pollutants in the air when a lot of other people don't notice. Personally I think the air is worse than their testing shows. I think their is something in the air here that isn't measured in in their tests, but nonetheless is pretty stank. I don't think that their is one particular source but really just a mixture of toxins from different factories that mingle with each other and create a nauseating cloud.
Sources
libertad - 10/08/07 21:07
I just gotta say that I totally agree with paul about living on elmwood, but that my journal is not referring to the traffic. When I worked at coffee& on elmwood they had these glass tables outside that I cleaned with a white rag every morning. Every morning the white rag would turn black with suit after washing the glass tables.
What I refer to is when these weird chemically smelling gasses seem to get stuck in the atmosphere. I notice it more when we have thick cloud coverage or on days where the ozone might be high like intense heat days or days that are hazy. The chemical smell I am certain isn't produced by traffic but rather like jenks said something awful burning. I notice it much more when I am over at Target. The smell besides bothering my breathing (I don't have asthma) makes me feel ill and I get kinda pasty looking.
When I lived in Rochester, I never smelled these smells. Rochester by the way is one of the number one producers of dioxin in NYS because of Kodak. When I used to visit my sister who lived by Kodak park her area smelled kind of like bleach. To be honest it wasn't quite as bad as the smells I smell here during those off days.
If I had to guess, the smells are coming from factories in the area. Mostly from along the niagara especially towards Tonawanda. I think the GM Powertrain plant is probably one of the bigger polluters in the area but I'm no expert.
If I had the energy, I would record wind direction, environmental conditions and monitor factory activity to fully understand where the hell this crap was coming from.
I just gotta say that I totally agree with paul about living on elmwood, but that my journal is not referring to the traffic. When I worked at coffee& on elmwood they had these glass tables outside that I cleaned with a white rag every morning. Every morning the white rag would turn black with suit after washing the glass tables.
What I refer to is when these weird chemically smelling gasses seem to get stuck in the atmosphere. I notice it more when we have thick cloud coverage or on days where the ozone might be high like intense heat days or days that are hazy. The chemical smell I am certain isn't produced by traffic but rather like jenks said something awful burning. I notice it much more when I am over at Target. The smell besides bothering my breathing (I don't have asthma) makes me feel ill and I get kinda pasty looking.
When I lived in Rochester, I never smelled these smells. Rochester by the way is one of the number one producers of dioxin in NYS because of Kodak. When I used to visit my sister who lived by Kodak park her area smelled kind of like bleach. To be honest it wasn't quite as bad as the smells I smell here during those off days.
If I had to guess, the smells are coming from factories in the area. Mostly from along the niagara especially towards Tonawanda. I think the GM Powertrain plant is probably one of the bigger polluters in the area but I'm no expert.
If I had the energy, I would record wind direction, environmental conditions and monitor factory activity to fully understand where the hell this crap was coming from.
joshua - 10/08/07 11:38
(e:paul) you should see the dirt I clean off of my windows every spring.
I think the temperature for that water is officially nipply with a 80% chance of shrivelly later in the afternoon.
(e:paul) you should see the dirt I clean off of my windows every spring.
I think the temperature for that water is officially nipply with a 80% chance of shrivelly later in the afternoon.
jenks - 10/08/07 09:23
some mornings I walk out to my car to go to work- it's like 5:30 am and really calm and quiet out- and it just STINKS. Like some weird gross burning smell. I have no idea what it is, and no one else seems to notice it. And then the next day it will just be gone. No idea...
Sorry about poor Wab. Maybe he's too hot?
some mornings I walk out to my car to go to work- it's like 5:30 am and really calm and quiet out- and it just STINKS. Like some weird gross burning smell. I have no idea what it is, and no one else seems to notice it. And then the next day it will just be gone. No idea...
Sorry about poor Wab. Maybe he's too hot?
paul - 10/08/07 08:38
I really think it is where you live. Honestly, when we lived on the corner of lafayette and elmwood I had pretty bad asthma and used my inhaler. Now over on linwood I really never need it unless there are cats involved. At lafayette, there was a stop light. Truck, especially in the morning would idle and their puff of black smoke at about our bedroom window level. Living there, the air was freakin disgusting. I am very sensitive to that.
Think about how much pollution the cars on elmwood put out. I mean it is one massively busy street with tons of stops for people to idle at.
Various parts of a city have vastly different air, my suggestion is not to live next to live on our urban highway. Even a couple blocks away makes a huge difference when you think about exhaust and how it travels around.
I really think it is where you live. Honestly, when we lived on the corner of lafayette and elmwood I had pretty bad asthma and used my inhaler. Now over on linwood I really never need it unless there are cats involved. At lafayette, there was a stop light. Truck, especially in the morning would idle and their puff of black smoke at about our bedroom window level. Living there, the air was freakin disgusting. I am very sensitive to that.
Think about how much pollution the cars on elmwood put out. I mean it is one massively busy street with tons of stops for people to idle at.
Various parts of a city have vastly different air, my suggestion is not to live next to live on our urban highway. Even a couple blocks away makes a huge difference when you think about exhaust and how it travels around.
09/26/2007 18:47 #41346
FallsviewOur view wasn't quite what I had expected or what I think I exactly paid for, but Niagara Falls with (e:mike) was great. We so deserved to do something like this together.
This is the actual view.
The room was advertised with this picture
The casino and it's parking garage would be a more appropriate picture for the room.
The bed didn't stay made for too long. Sorry I didn't catch it before.
Perspective from bed.
Mike using his new camera.
Watching TV for a quick minute.
I loved this view from bed at night. It is such a classic hotel view for hookers and addicts.
When I got home to Buffalo the sky looked like this. When the sky is super cloudy like this; it seals in all of the factory pollutants and It smells really bad. Does anyone else notice the same thing? I think that I'm supersensitive to it because nobody else knows what I'm talking about. As I write this it is raining, but it doesn't smell bad, it smells fresh. Yet, when it a day like this in the picture, I start to feel a little sick.
My friend Julie following me in the car. We went to Ruby Tuesdays which I think is my new favorite chain restaurant. They have the best salad bar and I also guiltily enjoy their mini hamburgers. The Mojitos are actually better than they are in Cuba.
Really the trip was for me, because I wanted so much to be alone with Mikey. We really had a good time.
This is the actual view.
The room was advertised with this picture
The casino and it's parking garage would be a more appropriate picture for the room.
The bed didn't stay made for too long. Sorry I didn't catch it before.
Perspective from bed.
Mike using his new camera.
Watching TV for a quick minute.
I loved this view from bed at night. It is such a classic hotel view for hookers and addicts.
When I got home to Buffalo the sky looked like this. When the sky is super cloudy like this; it seals in all of the factory pollutants and It smells really bad. Does anyone else notice the same thing? I think that I'm supersensitive to it because nobody else knows what I'm talking about. As I write this it is raining, but it doesn't smell bad, it smells fresh. Yet, when it a day like this in the picture, I start to feel a little sick.
My friend Julie following me in the car. We went to Ruby Tuesdays which I think is my new favorite chain restaurant. They have the best salad bar and I also guiltily enjoy their mini hamburgers. The Mojitos are actually better than they are in Cuba.
Really the trip was for me, because I wanted so much to be alone with Mikey. We really had a good time.
libertad - 09/27/07 07:01
Febreeze Felly. You should only be so lucky. LOL
James, I'm sure it isn't ozone. Check out the airquality report for yourself for that day Sep 15th.
:::link:::
Febreeze Felly. You should only be so lucky. LOL
James, I'm sure it isn't ozone. Check out the airquality report for yourself for that day Sep 15th.
:::link:::
james - 09/26/07 22:33
Are you sure it just isn't ozone you are smelling?
Are you sure it just isn't ozone you are smelling?
fellyconnelly - 09/26/07 21:56
that is completly false advertising. from the advertised photo you should be clinging to the walls for fear that the whole hotel will be sliding over the falls!
also - last night right as it started rainging i smelled something outside that reminded me of febreeze. i dunno where it was coming from, but it lasted a good five minutes.
that is completly false advertising. from the advertised photo you should be clinging to the walls for fear that the whole hotel will be sliding over the falls!
also - last night right as it started rainging i smelled something outside that reminded me of febreeze. i dunno where it was coming from, but it lasted a good five minutes.
lilho - 09/26/07 21:29
people in love make me sick, and jealous. so stop. before i go buy more dresses to compensate...
people in love make me sick, and jealous. so stop. before i go buy more dresses to compensate...
mike - 09/26/07 20:14
It was an amazing time! thanks again! you didn't even mention the exotic horses and people who did crazy acrobatics (and that was just at the hotel) haha. Just kidding but Cirque Avaia was so amazingly cool and I recommend it to everyone. it is so cool all the stuff they do and you are real close, like right there
It was an amazing time! thanks again! you didn't even mention the exotic horses and people who did crazy acrobatics (and that was just at the hotel) haha. Just kidding but Cirque Avaia was so amazingly cool and I recommend it to everyone. it is so cool all the stuff they do and you are real close, like right there
09/25/2007 23:05 #41329
Record Breaking DayToday we broke a high temperature record. The last highest temperature happened in 1902 or 1907 I think and that was only 82. Today it was 87.
I love storms.
I love storms.
drew - 09/26/07 15:34
Global warming can only be good news for Western New York, unless of course we find ourselves knee-deep in lake erie.
That is, until the rest of the world gets really screwed up and all humanity dies.
But there might be a really good window of a couple decades where we become a prime place to live.
Global warming can only be good news for Western New York, unless of course we find ourselves knee-deep in lake erie.
That is, until the rest of the world gets really screwed up and all humanity dies.
But there might be a really good window of a couple decades where we become a prime place to live.
james - 09/26/07 13:51
We should go back in time to 1903 to ask how they handled global warming.
We should go back in time to 1903 to ask how they handled global warming.
jenks - 09/26/07 06:06
Yay for global warming!! ;)
Yay for global warming!! ;)
tinypliny - 09/26/07 00:07
I was so drunkenly happy with all that heat today afternoon. Hope winter never turns up at Buffalo's doorstep!
I was so drunkenly happy with all that heat today afternoon. Hope winter never turns up at Buffalo's doorstep!
09/24/2007 10:43 #41285
Blog This! PeachesCentral Terminal isn't as fun when it's legal. We made lots of friends at the Blogtoberfest as you can see here.
I spent $19 at the terminal for like an hour long of pure fun and good times.
$10 entrance fee-includes 1 beer
$6 for 3 Pierogies
$3 Central Terminal drinking glass for (e:mike)
Seeing other bloggers...priceless.
With all my money they should have it restored in no time.
Thanks for the party (e:theecarey). The fire was beautiful. It was nice to be able to see the stars.
I spent $19 at the terminal for like an hour long of pure fun and good times.
$10 entrance fee-includes 1 beer
$6 for 3 Pierogies
$3 Central Terminal drinking glass for (e:mike)
Seeing other bloggers...priceless.
With all my money they should have it restored in no time.
Thanks for the party (e:theecarey). The fire was beautiful. It was nice to be able to see the stars.
james - 09/24/07 14:11
fliers should have all the information listed on it. This one didn't. So, I can't be bothered to research if it is a blogging event which may or may not happen just at a larger Octoberfest because the flier may or may not have all pertinent information. So. Boo to making excuses.
But a lovely time was had in general. Though next September's Octoberfest should just be an 'everyone brings a six pack' get together by the train yards.
fliers should have all the information listed on it. This one didn't. So, I can't be bothered to research if it is a blogging event which may or may not happen just at a larger Octoberfest because the flier may or may not have all pertinent information. So. Boo to making excuses.
But a lovely time was had in general. Though next September's Octoberfest should just be an 'everyone brings a six pack' get together by the train yards.
ladycroft - 09/24/07 11:13
hey lib, can you e-mail me this pic on a larger scale? I want to make a giant poster out of it at the print shop and make myself a fake fireplace!
hey lib, can you e-mail me this pic on a larger scale? I want to make a giant poster out of it at the print shop and make myself a fake fireplace!
If I ever pick up smoking I will give you a call first.
:) I'm so happy for you.
And, I'm back at BGH now, so I *might* be able to join the ros:peeps for lunch once in a while- will you join us?
(and I'm so with you on the 'feeling appreciated' thing. I think the guys at work forget how far a simple "good job" or "thanks for your help" goes. Two seconds, free, painless- and it makes my day. Instead we get nagged for the one thing that gets done 5 min late, not the one million things that were done right.)