Rant: I am leaving soon to head to Grand Junction, a five hour drive, just so I can be there for court at 8:15 am tomorrow. If I vanish for an exteded period of time, I am in jail. I'll miss you! Rave: I've never been in trouble before that the law is aware of, so jail is an unlikely outcome. Rave: Killer weekend at work. Made $385 in two days.
RAVE: Only 9 days till I leave for North Carolina! RANT: 9 days...I need to get the hell out of this state!
???: In 10 years of jockying around the country as a salesman I've only bailed on two trips because of flight complications. The first was a few years ago when ole GW Bush made a surprise flight into Maryland disrupting everything going through there for 6 hours. The second is right now. Traffic, full parking, a double trip through the body scan (they wanted a second look at my hog) required me to sprint to my gate and literally make it as the attendant was closing the door. Then some dude two rows behind me had chest pains as we reached the runway for takeoff. The fact I'd miss the last connection of the night to my destination was the first reason. The voice in my head that said, "Get off the fucking plane Fawkes" was the second. If a flight from BOS to DTW crashes tonight I won't be the least bit surprised.
RANT: Thanks to Osama being dead, all military bases have been placed on a higher alert because of fear of retaliation. Result: There are armed guards everywhere being a pain in the ass to everyone. For example, being the most junior guy in the shop, I leave the Comm shop with a bag of trash. Under the eyes of the MPs, I walk out the gate, put the trash in the dumpster, and come back. I then use my ID to open the gate back up again. I then start walking back to the shop. Gate guard: Where's your ID? Me: ... You do realize that in order for me to open this gate, I need my ID, and that ID has to be given access by your master sergeant, right? Gate guard: It's the rules dude. Me: You're right, no point in getting mad at you. RAVE: It's 95 degrees out... and I'm not an MP, so I don't have to stand around looking like a dipshit all day long. Sucks to be those guys.
Rave: Had a sonogram yesterday, it's a girl! Rant: I had a few boy names that I like but I'm at a loss with girl names. I've got plenty of time to figure it out but now that we know what we're having I want to at least get a long list together. Rave: I'm on vacation next week, perfect timing as the last few weeks have seemed ridiculously long.
rant: i need to find an entry-level engineering job by the end of the summer (Industrial to be exact). Graduated from a Big Ten university yesterday, and what do I have to show for it? I have no pride. No dignity. I'll take anything. I'm fucking scared. I don't know if I can land anything. I need this badly, I don't want to live on the fucking streets. if anyone knows a job-hunting service I can pay a reasonable fee to help me, or something, anything, I would be forever indebted. Lord knows no one out there is going to have my damn back.
Rant: I have been screwing around with a Nitric Acid for the past couple of days, and now I have black stains deep into my skin that won't wash out. I can't figure out what it reacted with to stain my skin.
Rant: People who pronounce "coupon" as "cue-pon." Its fucking "coo-pon" for Christ sake. Double Rant: People who attach an "R" at the end of "idea" and say "idear."
Rant: Still sore as fuck today, and I have a monstrous blister on my big toe. Rave: Last day of my field experience today, and I don't have to work tomorrow, so it will be a nice, easy day. Plus my paper that was supposed to be due Thursday got pushed back. Rant: My asshole Microecon teacher made two girls cry and leave class today. One girl, at the start of class when the professor was taking questions about the final exam, asked if there would be any chance of extra credit. He said no. She said (and this is verbatim): "Oh, okay, some teachers do so I figured it couldn't hurt to ask." He proceeded to rip her apart, saying that she shouldn't compare him to other teachers, and that she is always begging him for help or trying to 'put one over on him.' The only other time she asked anything was to ask if we could NOT take a break (another long story entirely). Another girl tried to defend the first, saying that she didn't ask anything inappropriate, and the professor started to lay into her, too, until both got up and left in tears. He didn't stop until a few of the other students spoke up and told him he was wasting time with his rants. Rave: Both girls came back in time for his teacher evaluation, and a few of us told the department head that was giving the evaluation about the incident. According to the department head, this guy isn't long for his job, anyway, so we shouldn't worry. This professor needs to be fired ASAP.
Rave: Canucks won. Rave: I took such please in pissing off a customer today. And he did it to himself. This was on friday: Customer: The water pump you sold me has a bad bearing. Me: sure ... i never had a problem before, but i will order you another one. Customer: Ok. Later friday: Customer: I dont need that water pump, 'competitor' has one and i got it from them. Me: Ok, it is a replacement warranty, not a cash back warranty. Customer: WHAT? Me: Sorry, but i cant give you cash back. Customer: Just cancel the order. Me: It is to late but i will try.... Today: Customer: I need that water pump now, 'competitor' one was wrong. Me; Sorry you told me to cancel it. Customer: *storms out of the building*
Rant:. Gave myself a minor concussion. Blurred vision for an hour or so, nausea, and generally feeling weird. Also found a knot on the top of my head and figured out how I damaged myself so badly. I was in an under-staircase closet and stood up too fast under the 5' door frame. I'm 6'2". Drove the top of my forehead, at the hairline, into the sharp corner at the top of the frame which then traveled down my face as I continued to stand, finally ending up at the bridge of my nose. Rave:. Fuckbuddy brought me a Carl's Jr. Western Bacon Cheeseburger, 4 percocet, and then gave me a beej before leaving.
Rave: Listening to random Alan Watts recordings on YouTube. Insomnia rocks! Rant: I don't have weed. The only reason I'm making note of this in case anyone's wondering why I'm listening to Zen lectures at 4:20 (ha!) in the morning.
Rant: Yesterday there was a fucking bee flying around my trailer. ( I work in, not live in.) Rave: Duct Tape solves everything. Spoiler
RANT: The only wildlife I have in my back yard are squirrels, the occasional raccoon, and that possum I killed with a shovel two nights ago.
Rant Well, this town I'm working out of in Texas sucks hard...even the locals don't speak highly of it. Even worse is, I haven't seen any bars in sight. Everything is in Forth Worth. Rave Only three more days of work, and three days off. Rave Staffing company finally called me back about the job position when I get back in town. Looks like I'll be back on my feet soon. Rant Sunburn!
Rave I don't know why I waited so long to start spearfishing, it is the best sport in the world. High speed projectiles into fish underwater, then surface and eat them. What could be better? Rave wife is ovulating and wants to be pregnant Rant do not need additional person to worry about and feed, unless I can feed with fish killed while spearfishing
Rave: Had to work at the bar again last night. A hot girl comes in, says she's from out of town, lost her friends, and that I need to keep her busy until the public transport starts running again in the morning. We figured my bed was a good place to keep her occupied. Rant: Typing this makes me realise it sounds more like a script from a porn movie than something believable. Rant: She lost her wallet, so I paid for her train-ticket. Now I feel kind of dirty. I never exchanged sex for a train ticket before.
Rant: The key to a successful relationship for women is pretty simple; never say "I don't do that", and don't get fat or turn into a bitch. If only women were so easily satisfied.
Rave: Received a very sizable financial windfall that will allow us to pay off the vast, vast, majority of my wife's $77,000 in student loans. We're currently paying almost a thousand dollars a month in student loan payments alone, and those are going to shrink drastically. This gives us money to finish our basement and pay cash for the remainder of my school. This, in combination with our large tax refund (thanks to the first-time home-buyers credit), and the wife and I are less stressed than we've ever been. Rave: Good time to start "working" on having kids. We're going to be "working" a lot for the next few months. Rave: One class down, one will be finished tomorrow, and then it is three final exams before the semester ends. Rant: May-mester kicks in hard on Monday, and I'm going to have a LOT of work to do over the four week course, and not the good kind of "work."