time to avoid demise. i received this email from bluehost:

Dear Patricia,
This is a courtesy reminder from BlueHost.com to inform you that according to our records your web hosting account for pattypunker.com EXPIRES in 15 days.  Once the hosting expires you will no longer be able to receive or access email at your domain, your website will no longer display, and your cPanel will be inaccessible. All data will be deleted within 10 business days following the account expiration.

no longer display! all data deleted! this blog is all a bunch of rubbish, but it’s been the conduit to meeting so many new friends whom i cherish that the emotional value is priceless. plus, i have built a list of punk rockers (beloved bloggers) that i need to retain because reading them still saves me on any given shitty day.

so if i’m going to fork over the moolah to renew i figured i better post something. whaaat? i’ve been busy with my new obsession: chess with friends. unlike words with friends, hanging with friends or solitaire, chess with friends is all skill and strategy; there is no luck involved. the mental spark pulls me in like an eight ball did to whitney houston. too soon?

seriously, i’m at the age where exercising the brain muscle becomes important. i certainly don’t use my noggin at work and i don’t want it turning to total mush. speaking of work, on friday at 10 of 5 pm, my boss turned on her brain power and said to me, “i was thinking [fuck me], why don’t you summarize that webinar we attended on health care reform today and send it out to the team so valerie (our senior vp) knows we’re on top of the changes.” [summarize a webinar?]

well, this was some turbocharged brain power, so i looked at her like she had two heads. she continues, “yeah, put together some bullet points about blah blah blah…” [nothing like creating more unnecessary work for ourselves. wouldn't it just be easier to share the slides with the team? or i know, how about actually starting the work needed to address the legislative changes? this is why i need chess with friends because obviously i'm not cooking with the gas.]

god, i hate work. but you know what i hate more than work? the fucking wegman’s parking lot! do you have a wegman’s near you? is the parking lot infuckingsane? it is THE best grocery store, but i’ll be a monkey’s uncle if that parking lot isn’t a rage-inducing cesspool of numbnuts. every time i go in the store i just want to scream at somebody because it took me 15 minutes to find a parking spot. and my wegman’s just added a wine and spirits shop so if the parking lot wasn’t bad enough before, now it’s death by blown gasket. wtf wegmans? don’t be the best and then pull a lame ass move like bad parking configuration. figure that shit out and demand it be better when you build your new stores.

all it takes is a little brain power for christ sake. and that’s why learning bridge is next on my list. i’m imagining the days where i no longer work and i sit around with the bridge club drinking gin and tonics all day. join me?

and if you can’t wait until then, my chess with friends username is Trishamarie33. won’t you help me get smart and escape?