Rave: I picked up my favorite pinball machine, Demolition Man, on Saturday and have been waiting impatiently for today so the repair guy could fix and tune it up. It's just as fun as I remember it; I just got done playing pinball for 2 hours.
Turns out hell week is pretty hellish. No sleep for 5 days, living out of the house kitchen, disgusting hazing, etc. On one hand I'm morally repulsed that the brothers can do this shit and not really care. On the other, I recognize that I am still socially awkward around attractive females, and my fraternity gives me lots of opportunities with said females with whom I would otherwise have no chance with. Trading my dignity and morals for pussy. Kinda fucked up.
Interesting late afternoon and evening last night. The wife gets home, after I took the dog to the dog park, and immediately says 'I have a little speech for you about not giving up, and to keep looking. It's not the end of the world that you didn't get an offer, because I know how you are.' And she does. So we went to a local place for dinner. I had a couple of drinks and she lays it on me. How I'm a good attorney, I'll find something, good things will happen. And she really meant well. I describe my interview in detail, we pour over it. Trying to discern outcomes. Perhaps there are others more qualified yet to interview. She mentions the thank you notes I need to send to the interviewers. "Yeah, I need to get those out. First, I need to work on my counter-offer letter to the offer they made me today." This was about an hour into dinner. The look on her face was worth it. As well as the follow up 'You're such a prick!' And her telling our waiter about it. Now the negotiating begins. This is a Rave by the way.
Rant: I got a text today from an acquaintance asking me about something I had told a friend in confidence. I was really stressed out and needed to talk to somebody, so I chose one of my best friends whom I've known since high school. It took it all of two weeks to get back to me. This was of a private nature and we've been friends long enough that I thought this information would be safe with her. Wrong. This acquaintance is one of her husband's close friends so I don't think it's gotten far, but that's not the point. She's confided in me before and I didn't tell anyone, not even my husband. We've been friends for almost 10 years, this shouldn't be an issue. Now I'm just trying to decide if I should confront her or not. This isn't the first time she's told her husband something I told her and it got back to me, it's just never been anything quite so big. I should have learned my lesson then, but apparently I didn't. I think I'm going to have to say something to her, I'm just not sure the best way to do it. It seems like sending her a text saying "Thanks for keeping my secret" wouldn't be a great approach. I'm probably going to stew about it for a while today then make a phone call. It was really hard to leave that so vague, sorry if it doesn't make sense.
Rave: I'm 21 today, which is awesome. Rant: Birthdays will never be exciting again. Rave: I'm getting completely hammered tonight. Rant: Semester started today, and I have a 9:30am Fitness class tomorrow. FUCK.
RAVE: I fucking love Wednesdays. I get to go to my favorite bar, drink with all my friends, generally make an ass of myself. All for the low, low price of 27 dollars and a weekly allotment of dignity!!! Plus, work has learned to expect not much from me Thursday mornings! RANT: All this is covering up the fact that I have to go to a funeral tomorrow, am moving away from Atlanta in less than a month to focus on a company I own, and am nearly paralyzed with fear that I fail, insomuch that if I do, it will be MASSIVE and all on me and my decisions. RAVE: But tonight, WEDNESDAY!!!
Rave: Re-reading "The Alphabet of Manliness" before I give it to my soon-to-be younger brother in-law. I forgot how funny this is. He read IHTSBIH about a month ago, then I'm giving this to him after he watches IHTSBIH on dvd tonight. "Fratire" is a really shitty name, and the douchebags that take it as marching orders are annoying as shit, but damn is it entertaining. Rant: Gotta leave for class soon. "Interpersonal Communication" and "Writing for the Media" are about as entertaining as watching a deer shit in the woods. I should be finished with college already; this crap is painful.
Rant: Christ, buddy's girlfriend that wants to do me and seems like she'd be a freak in the sack. Please stop telling me about the 'trouble' you two are going through, and how you think things will be over fairly soon. I see where you're going with this. THIS WILL CAUSE NOTHING BUT TROUBLE FOR ME, WOMAN. YOU STOP THIS RIGHT NOW. Don't we all? Story of the world, man.
Rave: Hit that shit last night. And we are playing the "We drank so much that it didn't even happen" card so things aren't weird. Also moved into a new place a week ago and last night went out with my roommate and that girl, and it must have been my roommates wingman skills that did it.
Rave: I received a basket of girlie skin care goodies at Christmas and just found this bottle of "ChocoLatte Body Serum", intended to tighten your skin and discourage cellulite. I haven't used it as I think these types of products are silly. This morning I got curious and tried it. I don't know that it is effective, but hot damn it smells delicious! I wonder if I now taste like chocolate..
Thanks to the excellent coverage Verizon has I can now fish in all but 2 lakes in Arizona and still be "working from a remote location"
Rant: Fuck Kennesaw, GA. I'm going to work a private party there, and I have to get an alcohol pouring permit. Rave: Its not going to be drunk college kids asking for 12 shots of kamikaze and it pays well.
Rant: I live in a quiet little area. Fuck all goes on, and that's cool in its own way, but in the space of the last weekend we've had a murder and an armed robbery. I know it doesn't compare to where some of you guys live, but it's a shocker if you're not used to it.
Rave: I looked through the boobie thread again*. It makes me so happy. Well done ladies. *By 'again' I mean at least once before, during and after lunch. And maybe a fourth time.
Rant: My best friend just let me know that her stepsister was sentenced to 20 years in prison for convincing two assholes to stab her (the stepsister's) boyfriend to death. I didn't know her well, as she was a seriously disturbed child who didn't live in the same house as my friend, but the point is that I met her, and she had a man stabbed 29 times on her behalf. She's also pregnant with his baby. Not sure what will happen to him/her yet, but damn, that's a shitty mess to be born into.
Rave: Applied for a job I am fantastically qualified for. Sounds fascinating, very low stress, potentially very very rewarding and a great way to move forward with my career Rant: Recent karmic trends lead me to suspect that they will probably not call me
Rave: I had my first bowl of Potbelly baked potato soup since coming back to DC. God that stuff is amazing. The dreary weather today only amplified its already sublime nature. Rant: Damn them for only offering it on Wed and Thurs. Rant: Supposedly getting 12 to 20 inches of snow this weekend. Related Rant: Grocery shopping is going to be a circus tomorrow. Rave: I was enthralled by the Lost premiere last night. Going to watch it again when I get home this evening.