Plastic Kelly: 2017

2017-12-20

Look what I found at the back of the fridge. Tiz the season.

2017-12-19

Today's apocalypse news

Foreign troupes being used on U. S. streets to enforce the law is one of those end of days signs the tinfoil hat crowd have been talking about for a couple of lifetimes.

https://www.infowars.com/commissioner-in-talks-with-un-to-put-troops-on-the-streets-of-chicago/

2017-12-06

Probably time to switch to the winter hat.

2017-11-28

Bus

Stop looking at your watch Kelly. The bus will get here when it gets here.

2017-11-21

2017-11-12

Kelly's watch collection of 4)

2017-11-11

Watch

New watch. Nice and easy to read. Thank you Micheal Hawkins for taking liks out of the band. Worry not, those arm hairs will get pulled out soon.

2017-11-05

Hand slipped changing the AC filter.

2017-11-01

2017-10-29

Waiting on a ride earlier. Forgot to post.

2017-10-28

2017-10-26

2017-10-24

New toy

That is a cheap bluetooth speaker on the box. Defense upgrade from laptop speakers.

2017-10-23

Sports
One among us is a huge baseball fan. I have known him for a long time and he has always liked baseball. He has a ticket to one of the playoff games. All went on for time at length over baseball, pasts and future. Will the Astros make good?
It seems several of our number had visiting family. I’m not sure if this is a sign of our average age or if there is something about the weather.

Video games
Some stupid video game. Jennie and I stared out the window. Our passive aggressive approach worked and the subject magically switched tracks.

Art
Adam mentioned our visit to the art gallery this weekend and the fact he was worried about us being mistaken for a gay couple. I figure we are not a gay couple so who cares. It might make those folks talk to us more openly. Nuclear fallout and radiation I don’t remember how we got on the subject, but Fukushima and Chernobyl both were cited before someone diverted the conversation before I could tell an interesting anecdote of how both cities are left more or less undisturbed covered in radioactive dust.

Caverns
One of us has vowed to never visit caverns in Texas again. They worry their visage appears on a wanted poster in the main office of one or more locations because of a youthful unpleasantness.

Level of anger in life
One of us has a goal of low anger in life. Another has a goal of zero anger in life. He acknowledges that this will not happen, but he aims for it regardless. I like the idea, but I know I am an angry person. This part of the conversation made me think about myself and how I might make myself a better person.

2017-10-21

Waiting on a ride

2017-10-20

Weekend

I have fled the scene. Last seen headed west.

2017-10-19

Working

2017-10-18

New hat

Does the line smog show up in the photo? I walked through this earlier.

2017-10-16

New shades. Damn I make these look good.

2017-10-15

Trying contacts again. Stay tuned.

2017-10-13

Felt like crap all day. I'll live.

2017-10-10

Sunset from the 6th fliir

2017-10-07

Today

2017-10-03

Need coffee, but it will raise my bp before the dr apt.

2017-09-28

I'm up

2017-09-25

Weather

2017-09-20

How Many Axes does it Take?

Someone asked me what’s wrong and I was going to use this as an outline for a blog entry, but I don’t have that kind of time. The title means all of these issues are axes dangling over my head waiting to fall. Some alternate titles might include “Why I can’t just get over it”, “Why I look tired all the time”, “AAAAAA!!! AAAAAA!!!”.

Divorce

We are separated and I have no idea what comes next.

Harvey and my stress

Roof - leaks
Car - went through some high water
I wake at night in a sweat if I hear rain.
I had no real destruction and everyone else is doing a better job of handling this.

Harvey and my friend’s stress

My best friend had his house flooded.
Other friends had their houses flooded.

House (other than Harvey)

Floors need replacing
Needs paint inside and out
Could use some landscaping
The siding on the back of the house needs some repairs.
There is some water damage from the last hurricane at the back door.
May have to sell in the divorce anyway
Taxes are through the roof.
We have a car dump next door.
Ants!

My father’s health (no details)
My mother’s health (no details)
My health

My balance is getting to the point I have a hard time walking.
I have headaches and I think it is related to something going on with my balance.
I have a pain in my gut that might be blader infection, kidney stone.
I have nightmares of having intestinal parasites crawling through my flesh and no way to prove to myself that they do not exist.
I just don’t have time to fight the insurance to get fixed. That is a full time job.

Work

400,000 bosses (everyone at the company) You remember that scene in Office Space where the guy complains about his eight bosses giving him crap about a form?
One more fix that everyone wants to get in before I can do my job.
Unpredictable hours
Multitasking and the fact that I can’t do it. People at work say multitasking is bad and then put you in a situation where you can’t succeed without it.
Having to depend on others is stressful.
No one wants to commit to a decision.
I found a desk that works for me and I live in fear that they will move me again “... to disrupt people’s comfort zones.” Because God knows finding what works for you and sticking with it is a lousy way of not hitting the same problems over and over again.

Overcommunication

9 million ways of talking and no one uses them.
9 million ways of talking and I can’t find the information I need.
9 million ways of talking and I don’t want to talk to anyone.
9 million ways of talking and I only hear static when I scream.

No outlet and a million inlets leads to Kelly being an asshole.

Honestly, I’m afraid to start venting because I may not be able to stop.

2017-09-18

Yup. Raining.

Out the window

I get to walk home in a be. Going to be goooooood and humid.

2017-09-17

Fat guy replacing bicycle tubes

2017-09-09

Tired

2017-09-02

Hurricane Harvey 2017 clips

2017-08-27

The donut place is open

2017-08-18

Merlin's eye

2017-08-13

Getting old and getting around

2017-08-06

Just hadn't put up a selfie in a while.

2017-08-04

Thinking of sitting here until dark.

2017-08-03

Later work.

2017-07-21

Sunset

2017-07-19

Rain

2017-07-01

Another week of Kelly

2017-06-30

Coffee forum

So many mornings I find myself breaking the dawn with sip of winged elixir concocted by mine own hands. This morning took a different tack. With a lack of fresh (bottled) water in all our office I abandon hope of defending the pride of our band. I sought and found a mursinary by the name McDonald to smite my day’s thirst for the potion of focus. Think of me not as defeated but on this day, I choose to survive and plan to rebuild.

2017-06-29

Truth hurts

2017-06-24

Roughousing with a cat. You would think I would learn.

2017-06-19

Dinner

2017-06-16

Elle's room

2017-06-15

Sunrise

2017-06-10

Houston, westheimer and the loop

2017-06-07

Lunch

2017-06-06

Write what you understand

What is the latest thing that pisses me off? I have been reading political stuff so much that I’m immune to normal upsetting shit. Recently I lost a little kitty. She was a cuddly little friend. I have that to be upset about. The political stuff is put in perspective and I take one more step forward. Loss sucks. Life sucks. Having to work for a living sucks. But, here we are. One more step.

book

I have a barebones idea for a novel. It is terrible. Maybe I should just write it to get it out of my head. I should set out to write a painted piece of shit. That way I will not be disappointed when I eventually hit the mark. I hate love scenes. I Don't like reading them and I just know I would never be able write them. Only children’s books sell without love scenes. What is in me and will come out of me is not that. Then the universe ended.

2017-06-03

Luna

Luna is very ill. She spent most of last night in the master bedroom with me. I propped the door open with a shoe. so she wouldn’t get trapped. I am not sure she left all night. When I found her this morning she was at the head of the bed underneath. She hissed at me whenever I got close. Nat was able to pick her up and cuddle with her. It is a very sad day.

Elle is singing to Luna sitting in her lap. It is the most precious thing I've heard in my life. It is Luna’s time I’m afraid. She can’t eat or walk properly. And she used to be so fast and graceful. Poor kitty.

Nat and Elle tok Luna to the car in the carrier. She was moaning. Like she wanted to meow. Sorry little kitty.

She came to us in a flower pot.