My Grandma passed away around 3:30am last night. I spent last night drinking bourbon and smoking cigars with an old friend. For whatever reason the fact that I was having fun and she was dying makes me feel like a complete ass hole. Rave: She lived an awesome life, and lived to 88. She had been sick for a few months at least she isn't in pain any more. Everyone has their time. I'm now having trouble deciding if it would be better for me to mope around the house by myself all day or go watch the derby with my friends as I had originally planned to.
RANT: Watching Scott Norwood miss still pisses me off to this day. RAVE: Drunk and something else. RANT: Waiting for a movie to stream suuuuuucks. RAVE: Keeps my ass from driving. RANT: Munchies and out of beer.
Rave: Excellent day. Sat around and hung out with friends all day long. Now, I'm grilling Hebrew National hot dogs, jalapeno cheddar sausages, and onions all while watching the Ole Miss Rebels kick Mississippi State's ass. GO REBELS! Double Rave: Delicious homemade mint juleps. The crushed/chipped ice is clutch it turns out.
Rant: This weekend kind of sucked. Went to see Nightmare on Elm Street Friday night with the hubby, my cousin, and my sister. Last night we were going to drive the 10 miles to the closest bar since they had a DJ. Instead, I fell asleep before my husband got home from building fence and by the time he was showered I was still too tired to get my ass up. As soon as he managed to fall asleep I decided that I did, in fact, want to go out rather than go to bed at 10 on a Saturday night but knew that he wouldn't appreciate me waking him up only to go to the bar for a few hours. I ended up staying up until 2 watching Donnie Darko. Rave: Got some housework done today, with the assistance of some beer. I figure since I really didn't drink at all this weekend and I don't work tomorrow that I'm free to drink to my heart's content today/tonight. Rave: Pearl Jam tomorrow night!
Rant: Can someone explain women's equality? They want equality, but they're more than willing to take free cover at a bar when offered while the guy pays $15. Is it just me or does men making more money make sense when we have to pay more cuz we don't have tits?
Rave: One week 'til the semester ends and I go from having zero days off between work and school for the last five weeks straight to having four days off per week. Rant: Zero days off in the last five weeks. Rave/Potential Rant (hopefully not): I'm off my parents dime for the last year of school, so I applied for a $1,000 scholarship from my employer. The VP of Human Resources for my company (aka my best friend's mother) is on the judging board. My letter of recommendation came from a former professor, who also happens to be the VP of Human Resources for the company she works at. The kicker? The two VPs mentioned above are good friends. They give away 5 of these $1,000 scholarships. If this doesn't happen, I'm gonna be pissed
Rave: 92 degrees here today and not a cloud in the sky. Rave: Hit the first big car show of the season and signed up four new storage customers from it. Also have a very promising lead on a buyer for the Miata. Rave: Opened the pool. Rant: It's really green. Rant: Oh Red Sox why are you so fucking inconsistent. Being swept by Baltimore is the epitome of suckage. You should be ashamed.
Rant When I was a kid in the 1980's and I had a dayglo yellow Sony walkman (with the totally rad auto-reverse!!), I listened to it. I still enjoyed it. I did not make the blind attempt to look like a total asshole (unless the song was "She Sells Sanctuary, nobody can resist to air guitar to that song). I did not march down the street like I was Thunderlips while singing in an extremely loud and tone-deaf fashion to Def Leppard's "Rocket". This is what seems to be the cool thing to do nowadays. Sing loudly to whatever shitty music you're listening to on you mp3 player, and there is a LOT of shitty music out these days (I'm talking to YOU, Vampire Weekend or whatever shitty hipster fucking name you are. Yeah, fuck you). while we're at it... Rant THE HIPSTERS HAVE TAKEN OVER. Was it New York City where these Hellspawn was brought to life Jason-like? Wherever it was, get those guys in Bensonhurst in the tracksuits with the baseball bats and brain damage to burn that part of your city down. Yesterday I went clothes shopping for the first time in at least 20 months. The mall looks like somebody opened the fucking Ark Of The Covenant. Splashy flourscent blues, purples, pinks and oranges everywhere. It's looks like the set decorator from Miami Vice went postal. Eighties-style Flashdance sweaters. Skinny jeans. Fucking leg warmers? Did I just step out of the fucking Delorium? What the hell happened to you people? Sure, it's THIS now, but soon Pabst will be the most popular beer at The Beer Store and people will start living with 11 other friends in each 2-Bedroom apartment. Anyone for dominos?
Rave: I put in my notice at work Friday. In 4 weeks (minus a few days to visit grad programs) I will be OUT. Well, technically I'm still there, but I'll be working as a contractor and will have minimum interaction with certain individuals. That's reason enough to celebrate...but bigger RAVE: My last physics class ever ends next Monday! There will be lots and lots of drinking and destruction of books/notebooks/etc.
Rant: "So, do you think you're ready to go on the pager rotation? We'll give you $100 every pay period just for being in it." "Sure. Money is good." I've been paged 4 times in the last three hours by our new client. In Boston. I am near Seattle. One of those pages was from an ex-CEO whose account we disabled on Friday. Guess who calls at 8:30 PM, nearly in tears because he needs access to the network? That was a fun conversation. I'm going to have beers and go to bed. Fuck this.
Rant: Seriously worried about the MS/AL/LA Gulf Coast. This oil spill is going to have decade-long consequences on the fishing and shrimping industry. Really worried about the oyster beds. Rave: Just volunteered for oil-slick cleanup. Here's a link to a news story done by my friend on ways to volunteer: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=12407331" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=12407331</a> Sign up guys, if you live nearby. It's going to affect us all.
Rant: As you may know I ride motorcycles. The other day my friends and I went on a ride and my buddy dumped his HD. He's fine but it really makes you realize how quickly things can go to shit.
Rant:Drunk thread closed? Some of us are just getting home at 5 and have stuff to tell. But nooooo. I have to work in 2.5 hours. I think I'm just going to stay up and drink looooots of coffee.
RAVE: Rafting, saw a snake swimming, saw a few geese, our guide only got us stuck on three rocks or so RANT: sunburn. I've always wanted lobster-red forearms, though, so I guess this works out.
RANT: I just quit my job. I don't have another one lined up. This is crazy. RAVE: I just quit my job. Time to reinvent myself.