Dave: I want a pig.

Me: Say what??

Dave: I want a pig. I did a ride along with one of my case managers yesterday and we went to a house that had pigs. They were so cute and little and they had squiggly tails and I really want one.

Me: How are you going to get a pig?

Dave: The lady at the house sold them.

Me: We are NOT getting a pig.

Dave: Yes we are. I want a pig. I think Dali would like it.

Me: Yeah, sure she would. Besides, we don’t even know how to take care of a pig.

Dave: They’re easy. You just feed it a little cup of food twice a day and then they stay small and the lady said they’re easier to house train then dogs! You get a litter box and they’ll learn to go in that, then you put the litter box outside and they’ll learn that they have to go outside.

Me: …

Dave: I wanna name it Kevin Bacon.

Me: …

Yeah, just another normal night in our house.

Tags: daily, Dave, me, my boyfriend is hilarious, normal dinner conversations, pigs, random

Every month, I search Smashing Magazine’s collection of calendar desktop wallpapers. I pick a favorite and set that as my desktop background for the month. My boss came into my office to discuss a project I’ve been working on for the past few days and was all, “Dude, your desktop wallpaper is still on July!” And low and behold, I realized it was and I hadn’t even thought about changing it.

It’s August 9th you guys. August 9th! Can someone tell me where the hell this year went? Pretty soon the kids will be back in school (which will make the traffic going to work even worse) I’ll be 27 (!) and before you know it, we’ll be saying goodbye to 2010 for good. When I was a kid, it seemed like the year dragged on forever, but now that I’m an adult, I feel like I’m racing to get all this shit done, wishing I had the ability to clone myself or stop time altogether.

I set some goals for myself when this year started and to no one’s surprise, I haven’t stuck with a lot of them. I did manage to redesign this site and I’m currently working on getting a brand new portfolio design set up. Sticking with yoga went out the window when Dave got this night job. We shared a gym membership and in order for me to get in to the gym, he had to be with me.

I haven’t really saved any money, but I’ve been working hard to continue to pay my debts and today I actually calculated the total amount of debt I have (talk about depressing). I know these things take time and I’m pretty much on schedule, but having that (not so) nice round number in my head is motivating me even more to do whatever I can to get it paid off.

I have a lot of ideas and projects that I want to work on and I’ve reset my goals to start working hard on them. Remember how I said I was going to get over that fear of failing, take life by the balls, and “Bring Barbara Back”? I’m making it happen, one day at a time.

Tags: daily, goals, me

UPDATE: It figures after I post this long rant about flu shots I get, you guessed it, the flu. Ok, back to laying on the couch watching bad TV.

The other day, Dave and I were driving past a Walgreen’s. On their big LED sign they had a message saying “Flu Shot Giftcards”. He joked about getting me a flu shot card for my upcoming birthday, which turned into me going off on a tangent about flu shots. Typical.

Doctors, the news and various other media outlets have been telling me I need a flu shot for years. Have I ever listened? No. Have I gotten the flu. Yes, maybe once or twice. And what did I do? The same thing I’ve always done; stayed at home, drank Theraflu and orange juice, ate some chicken soup, and waited until it passed.

We live in a society that is told they can fix all their problems with a pill, shot, or procedure. Have high cholesterol? Take Lipitor. Depressed? Take Prozac. Back pain? Here’s a Vicodin. Want longer eyelashes? There’s Latisse for that (seriously?). You can’t watch TV without seeing a commercial for some pill, shot, or procedure designed to make you feel all better. And according to doctors, we need all of them.

Does anybody remember back when there was no such thing as a yearly flu shot, people got on a treadmill to lower their cholesterol and women used (*gasp*) mascara to make their eyelashes longer? What the hell happened to those days? And are all these pills, shots and procedures really solving anything? It seems like all they’re doing is making new diseases that allow doctors to prescribe new medicines that they insist we need to survive.

I don’t buy it. I’m not trying to say medicine is bad because clearly, it’s not. I know without certain medications, a lot of my family members wouldn’t be alive. There’s a lot of people that actually need it. I guess what really grinds my gears is that it seems like we aren’t given any other choice. Doctors are writing prescriptions left and right without even thinking that maybe the patient would like another option.

I don’t expect everyone to agree with me. When it comes to your body and your health, you have to do what you feel comfortable with. Personally, I’d like some other options.

No matter what your stance is, you have to at least agree that medicine to make your eyelashes longer is just a bit over the top.

Tags: daily, medicine, rants, there's a pill for that