Lightbulbs from IKEA, hose, sawzall blades, and grinders and gloves from Harbor Freight . I'd hoped for more inspiration from ikea, but oh well. Going to hose the car off this evening, stupid linden trees.

I took a nice morning bike ride, picking up some groceries en route. I'm hoping to pick up a little contract work until a full-time job comes through, so I ordered some home office things. Then I took the cat for a good, long walk, watered the garden, and now I'm doing laundry.

I'm trying not to freak out about not having another job lined up, when my last day at my current job is tomorrow. Mostly I'm succeeding. But every now and then some panic seeps through. I've applied to about 30 positions. Come on, random HR person. I'm awesome--hire me!

I just looked into getting a newspaper subscription -- they've got one that's just for the Sunday paper -- so that I could get the coupons without having to go out (the closest store that sells the Harrisburg paper that gets the good coupons is about a 10 minute drive), and I figured that, like with most things, if I got a subscription, it would be cheaper. Turns out not to be. The Sunday-only subscription costs $2.50 a week. That's the price printed on the front of the paper, but one of the grocery stores here sells them for $2.25 each. I looked at the other subscription option, and again, it's the same as the newsstand price. I guess it saves me the trouble of going out each Sunday, but still.

My local paper does things like give you a month free if you subscribe for 6. Maybe call and ask if they have any deals like that?

ETA: also, continuing job~ma, Calli. I am envious of your bike ride + groceries. I aspire to do that. And, really, the grocery store is within my range, I just have to actually do it. One of these days.

Grilled cheese sandwich achieved. Nom nom nom.

Something is wrong with my foot, so I didn't go for a walk, but I did clean the bathroom and kitchen, save the floors. Man, I HATE cleaning floors. That might be worth hiring someone for. I am not sure why I hate it so much.

What is it with people stealing my personal information in order to fulfill their entertainment needs? Before, someone got a hold of our Netflix login and was using it to watch random shit from England. Now someone has purchased a Hulu Plus gift card using my credit card. But there's no other charges! Who steals a credit card number and only buys $24 of access to old TV shows?

It's a current TV writer in Hollywood looking for ideas, and he doesn't want it tracked back to him.

Just sorting my laundry is going to take a long time. Taking an iced soy latte break now...

I shouldn't have checked the weather. High of 104 tomorrow. Yikes. Better remember to wake up early enough to go running before work...

Who steals a credit card number and only buys $24 of access to old TV shows?

Someone with really low ambition. I'd have charged as much computer equipment as your limit allowed, were I feloniously inclined. I'm sorry you have to deal with it, Dana, even at a fairly low level.

I am envious of your bike ride + groceries.

I'm lucky that my town has lots of bike lanes, which makes purposeful biking easier than it might otherwise be.