Towel bar and wall mounts

Today, my sister finally decided to put up the towel bar for my parents’ bathroom. My mom had been nagging her to do so for probably a month now. She measured and marked the placement for the towel bar and drilled holes in the wall so that she could put wall mounts in. Unfortunately, the wall mounts that came with the towel bar were crap. It wouldn’t even twist and screw into the wall. As a result, it didn’t stay in. My sister then decides to go to the store to buy some wall mounts and drags me with her. We already had two wall mounts leftover from last time, but we needed two more. That is why we went to the store. She was going to go to Home Depot because that’s where she bought the correct wall mounts last time. However, OSH was closer, so we went there. We bought wall mounts and went home. When we got home, she continued to drill the wall and placed the mounts in. They weren’t going in like they should. The flattened part was not resting flat against the wall as it should. She put all four in and was trying to screw them in. After that, I walked by and looked at the package of wall mounts and saw that it was a 5/8 size. We needed a 1/4 size mount. Well no wonder it didn’t fit. It was the wrong size! She then said that it was my fault for not looking at the package when we were at OSH. Well, she didn’t look at the package either! She grabbed it, so I assumed she looked at it! So then we were deciding whether we should just leave it as is and have the towel bar hanging over or go to buy the correct mount size. We decided to go buy the correct size. This time around, we went to Home Depot in case OSH wouldn’t have the correct size. We came home and she put the stuff together. Lo and behold, the mounts fit. The towel bar is now in place. What an epic fail moment we had.

R.I.P. Andrew Koenig

Article site: Andrew Koenig found dead

When I first read the article about Andrew Koenig’s disappearance, I was hoping that he would be found. It’s scary and worrisome to not know where your loved one is. The link above is one of the articles about the incident. As more articles came out, it was revealed that he was clinically depressed.

When I read that, I thought to myself “suicide” but I was hoping that maybe I was wrong. As it turns out, I was right. I read an article this morning in which his father, Walter, confirmed that his son was dead due to suicide.

It’s always saddening when someone takes his or her own life. My condolences to Andrew’s family. It’s unfortunate that what they sought was not what they wanted. I’ve never watched the show Growing Pains, so I didn’t know of Andrew.

Rest in peace, Andrew. I hope you’ll be in a happier place now.

Tired of everything

Ugh. Lately I’ve been more tired than usual. I haven’t been wanting to do anything either, even if it’s something that I like. I guess I need motivation in every aspect of my life. I start on projects that I never complete. I just lose interest in them. I try to work on them, but then I don’t feel like it. What’s becoming of me? I’m just so tired of everything. Am I depressed? Well, in some ways I am although I’ve never been clinically proven to be. Maybe I should ask my doctor if I am. Bah! I’m too lazy to even go to see my doctor! What the hell!?!? I need to find something that I’m really passionate about. Everything just seems to suck right now. I wish I lived in a world where I would be care free all the time. Such a world does not exist for us mortals.

Tragedy at Sea World – R.I.P. Dawn Brancheau

Article site: SeaWorld trainer killed by killer whale

Last night my sister was reading an article that said a trainer at Sea World was killed by the trainee, a killer whale. The article goes on to say that the killer whale had killed people in the past. It also has a violent temper. I don’t know why they even kept the whale if it had a violent past. Don’t they know that history repeats itself? The trainer was the most experienced worker there at Sea World. What’s worse, is the death act was witnessed by the audience who was there to see the show. Surely, they are going to be traumatized by that ordeal. The link above is one of the articles about the ordeal. I don’t think it was the exact one that my sister read. My condolences to the family and friends of the victim.

Class discussions – You know the answer

This was a random thought that I was discussing with my sister yesterday. When I was in school, both high school and junior college, there were classes that had class discussions. These discussions can give you extra points towards your grade. The thing is, a lot of times I don’t know the answers, so I don’t participate. When I do know the answer, I happened to be the only one! Not only that, I don’t get called on! That wasn’t fair! I’d always miss out on extra points just because the rest of the class didn’t know the answer! So what if I was the only one who knew? I should have been given a chance to respond and receive points! I always felt that it was stupid of instructors to not call on you when you know the answer. However, they always target you when you don’t know. I always hated when that happened to me. Even if I read the material, I didn’t remember it. I don’t think people really like class discussions anyways, especially when they give the wrong answer. It’s embarrassing to answer incorrectly. I’ve had that happen to me plenty of times. It’s even worse when an instructor calls on you and you answer incorrectly. Everyone would not only know your face, they’d know your name.  

Catching up with old friends

Every time I go somewhere with my sister, she runs into an old friend or coworker. Of course, they talk for a while. I’m the one who’s always just standing there like a stalker. It makes me uncomfortable to just stand there doing nothing. We happened to go to a store yesterday. Inside the store was her former coworker. He was the cashier in the store. I paid for our items and went outside. I had to wait about three minutes for my sister to come out. She was already going to leave when I was leaving. That guy just had to say something else to her. When we got outside, she runs into another former coworker. They stay and chat for a while. It felt like thirty minutes. I didn’t time how long haha. It was raining too. Luckily we stood under the roof. I probably should’ve taken the keys and gone to sit in the car. Customers who walked by kept looking at me like I’m a hoodlum. Oh yeah, like I’m gonna steal something just because I was holding a bag. That bag contained items I’ve paid for, thank you very much. I can’t stand for long periods of time, so at times I’d cross my arms to keep my balance and I’d shift my feet. They were hurting you know! Sometimes, it feels as though these coincidental meetings are staged haha. It happens almost every time my sister tells me to go somewhere with her. Eh. It just makes me uncomfortable and makes me feel like an outsider.

Airplane Mode

My phone has been going on Airplane Mode on its own lately. O.o Well, maybe I accidentally pressed the option for it when turning off my phone. It’s happening a lot though. Hehe. That option is right underneath the “turn off” option. However, it is a touch screen and it doesn’t always press right away. Maybe my hand did slip and press Airplane Mode. It didn’t say it was on that mode when the phone had its turning off status. When I turned the phone on for my break, lo and behold the Airplane Mode appears. Other people have said that their Cliq phone does weird things on its own. In my case, I’m most likely the one causing it. Aww and I wanted to have a story to tell people about a paranormal experience too. Maybe next time haha.