Never agree to plastic surgery if the doctor's office is full of portraits by Picasso.

Now that I have posted my post wedding post to weddingplans I took them off my friends list and I am deliously happy about it. I will keep 2008_weddings on there until the end of the year, but then it goes too. I'm still in the newlywed phase, and these groups were fantastic help to me, but I no longer feel vested to the turmoils of table linens and save the date cards. Time to move on.

Now I can get through my f-page a lot easier :-)

And it's raining in SoCal. You'd think it was the end of the world and of course my commute in was fucked up. This was one of my views as I was on the 57 near Katella:
 



Which I guess was better than the poor souls headed south on the 57:


That's one sucky thing about my commute, not only is it longer than before, but I share the highway with a whole LOT of big rigs. I got into work at 8:30. Stephanie called in sick. I was going to run errands at lunch, but not if it looks like this. I got out of my car and the rain was at such a diagonal that my pant legs are still wet and I am barefoot so my feet and the inside of my shoes can dry out.

But hey, at least it isn't snow, and our temps aren't hovering at 10 degrees...

Also, note to self - don't let the gas gauge get below a quarter of a tank the night before you think it is going to rain. I am almost at the bottom of the tank and now need to go out in the rain and get gas either at lunch or after work. Yuck. I miss my dad at times like this - he always makes sure my mom's car is full of gas so she doesn't have to go to the gas station and he sometimes took mine when I was a teenager and making minimum wage part time. Kinda like a gasoline valet, LOL.

DMV - Deranged Mental Vagrants

So Social Security has the form I need, online, to change my name. The only way it could be easier would be if, (A) the form was typable online and (B) I could do this crap by mail.

California DMV has a tab for changing your name on your license. There is a hyperlink under the form name that is needed. One would ASSume that the hyperlink would lead you to a .pdf form, considering they have other .pdf files hyperlinked.

Here's what ya get at the hyperlink:

The department does not provide the DL 44 or DL 44C online because original signatures are required on the form, and each DL 44 or DL 44C contains a unique barcode which must be scanned or keyed by the DMV employee.

To obtain a DL 44 or DL 44C form, call DMV’s Automated Telephone Service at 1-800-777-0133 (available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week) to have a form mailed to you or visit your local DMV office to pick one up. Back to Main forms page

So let me get this straight, you can't put the page online and make it printable only - forcing the user to sign his/her name - or have a note saying it is only valid if we sign it there AND the barcode can't print out on my printer and be scanned? Shit I work for the state and every month I type in my timesheet and my position number and social security number produce a barcode that prints on my time sheet. That's just nutty. Guess I have to go to DMV to get the form.