Well, I sure was wrong in assuming Nane and Irene were upset with me. A few days ago I asked Nane if she was still waiting on her PC or just taking a Facebook vacation. I knew she came in a couple of times during work hours because she posted on a few friends’ walls. I thought she was upset with me since she didn’t even take the time to answer my question. But then yesterday she replied saying she was still waiting on her new PC. Then we exchanged a few messages. I told her I had heard less and less from her since she got upset over the explicit messages and thought she was upset with me. But she said that was just a coincidence and she knew I was probably thinking that way (is that why she left me hanging?). She said she gave her PC to her mother’s husband for him to fix but he’s been busy. And I said Tom or I probably could have fixed it for her, LOL. She misses being online, she says, so hopefully she’ll be back soon enough, though I still don’t know that I’ll hear from her much more than I already do.

Just when I didn’t think she was going to say anything, she said she didn’t want to tell me before but one of my friends (she named the name of my dummy account) said she wanted her to unfriend me because she has a crush on me. Then she went on to say she didn’t reply because she didn’t take her words seriously. Why would she want her to unfriend me when she’s thousands of miles away just so she can have her way? If that is what I wish, she said, though she has absolutely no problems with me as long as I accept she’s not lesbian.

Maybe just a touch bi, I told her. :) But I assured her I would like to remain friends and that we’d keep our discussion secret for now from “Kate.”

I’m kind of surprised she mentioned the “message” to me, but that was part of what I wanted to see, even if it was dishonest of me and I don’t intend to make a habit of it.

Nane was in today, though we didn’t chat. Irene “liked” the card I posted to her wall and some of my comments to Nane. Once again, if I didn’t know better I’d wonder if she liked me. Whenever Nane and I are out and about in public she usually jumps in and joins us in a way that suggests competition, LOL.

She’s usually fairly quick to “like” things I post to her wall so that’s why I thought she too, was upset with me when I saw that she was on last night but didn’t “like” or comment on anything. Like I said, maybe more of Marie lives in me than I had realized. Online it’s hard to really judge what’s going through a person’s mind. I think that’s what caused my misunderstanding with Nane. What I took for being led on was probably just her joking with me and I didn’t know any better and took it seriously.

One of the things I asked of Irene a few days ago before I took the MP3 player down was to let me know if she thought the volume was too loud. Today she said it was fine. My first thought was, “You liar! I just checked TIP and you weren’t even in my blog.” In the past, I’ve known her to show up as Austria both on GA and TIP. But then I noticed a Germany hit on GA. The one I’ve been getting in an “unset” location that TIP is blind to. Thinking it was Nane going to look at the “comments” I created from someone pretending to be her, I pulled up what posts were accessed. Not the one with the comments. So now I’m thinking it’s Irene who’s been coming in every week or so and this makes more sense when you think about it. She would be more interested in my blog than Nane would be because she cares about me more than Nane does.

Now let’s move on to the troll. It apparently had more time to play catch-up today. It opened millions of entries and comments and even searched the blog unsuccessfully for Alison P, no doubt to see what new accounts she may have there. I let Alison know it, too. I just thought she might find it interesting.

I’m asking folks to vote on whether or not I should bring back the MP3 player to my blog. The first 3 votes will determine what I do. :)

I would have posted earlier but was busy doing this and that and dealing with our crappy connection. It was only bad for a few hours but it sucks that we can’t get decent service no matter what we do. I know it’s going to be this way as long as we live here.

I was thinking of Nane and Irene (what else is new?). The funny thing is that I think I’ve come to like Irene too, LOL. It may not be quite in the way that I like Nane, but I definitely do like her. :))) Only she doesn’t know it. I don’t know who/what it is but she’s listed as being with someone and I don’t want to go through any misunderstandings. It’s easy to misinterpret something someone says online and to think they like you – I mean really like you – when they’re really either just joking or being friendly. Online you can’t see facial expressions, you can’t hear tone, so you’ve got to be careful what you say, though I have a damn good feeling Irene wouldn’t exactly have a heart attack if she knew I’ve come to really like her. Yeah, I have my slew of online crushes and girlfriends, you could say, LOL. It spices things up and makes for a fun and interesting life on top of life’s less pleasant side. But some are also good friends that I really care about and that I don’t see as mere pieces of electronic eye candy.

Despite all the ice cream I had I dropped a few pounds. I just get sick of being a slave to my bladder at certain times of the month while my ass is slave to the toilet seat! Now that I’m working out more I find that I’m hungrier. So instead of eating before working out, I think I’ll eat afterward.

Even though they’re supposed to be nocturnal, the rat’s pretty wound up today. I love this little guy, but sometimes I wish rats weren’t so doglike in that they’re so needy of attention and exercise. I let the ratdog run around twice today. Rats are seriously smart and catch on quickly. I could train him to use the treadmill in just minutes. Maybe I will some time.

Love some of the status updates they have in this new application I came across. Once Tuesday is over, the rest of the week spells W T F? LOL

Now I’m gonna work on my story and wonder just what the hell it is with them and their damn saws around here. Ok, so we live in the woods. But I would think they’d get most of their sawing done in the spring and after the first fall rain, not year-round. It wasn’t Jesse, though. Yesterday it was someone up at the summit and today it was way down in the “canyon.” Maybe tomorrow will be Jesse’s turn. It’s not as annoying as barking or loud music, but it does get somewhat old. Until the heat rolls in and shuts them up. :)

Now my rat is taking pieces of the tissue paper I stuck in a big soda box for him to nest in and shoving them outside his cage. beats head into monitor