Rant Slept horribly last night. Woke up at 4am and never went back to sleep because I was thinking about a big meeting today that needed to go well. Rave Slam dunk at today's board meeting. It couldn't have gone any better. I've accomplished in 5 months what they've wanted to do for the past 15 years and I've reduced costs by nearly 90%. Multiple board members approached me afterwards saying how glad they were that I've taken this over and done so well so quick.
Little guy has a urinary tract infection. Rave because it's not something super serious and he'll get better. Thanks for the well wishes.
RAVE: Resolved a minor TiB squabble, all for the measly sum of 300 rep points. RAVE: It's stopped raining, and I can see a new family of ducks swimming on the lake by my dock. RAVE: About to go have a nice, refreshing beer on my dock, and say "hi" to the ducks, knowing that I've used my powers for good today.
Rant or Rave Well it appears Burger King has ribs now. No, not pork shavings off the slaughterhouse floor pressed into the shape of a rib ala The Mcrib. This is the real thing, with a bone in it (that's what she said). If I ever run out of syrup of ipecac, I'll stop by the drive thru
MEGA RAVE: So I woke up today, hungover as hell, to an unexpected pizza delivery. Last night, in a completely black out drunken stupor, I pre-ordered some pizza online to be delivered at noon. I fucking rule.
RAVE: Watching Breaking Bad while high. I just watched episodes 6 and 7 of season 1 and about to watch the first episode of season 2. The whole bit about the German commando shit they used to steal the methylene (sp?) blew my goddamned mind. And I was getting REALLY tense when Walt kept upping the ante with that Tuco guy, going from 1 pound to 2 and then to 4. Malcom's dad has cajones grandes! And the guy getting beat down at the junkyard...whoa. Crystal make a man be crazy, eh? Like Wiz Khalifa say: Imma get a hunnid!
Rave: Finaly started physio on my shoulder today. Rant: By fuck did it hurt. Rave: Physio told me that although its going to hurt like shit because I have calcium deposits in my muscle throughout the shoulder hopefully I won't need surgery and I should be right for cricket season.
Rave: For the first time since I've turned 21 I managed not to blow any money while waiting at the airport bar on Monday. Rant: Flying sober sucks, I wouldn't recommended it to anyone. Rant: Couldn't buy booze Monday because of the holiday. Rave: I was well aware of this and bought booze before going on vacation, I was drinking beer while my dipshit friends that have lived in this pinko commie state there ENTIRE LIVES stood around with their dicks in their hands complaining about not being able to buy booze yesterday or Sunday.
So, it would appear that it's Sink or Swim Time. I'm moving to Queens. A room with decent rent opened up, and I couldn't pass up another opportunity. I have no job, few prospects, and enough savings to last me 8 or 9 weeks. No pressure. This should be fucking fun.
Rave Our house is conditionally sold, pending the sale of the buyers' home. Rave One of the buyers works as a mortgage broker and has already arranged financing regardless of whether they sell their house or not. If they don't sell their house by the due date, they will drop the condition and proceed with the purchase. Our house is sold. Mega-RaveThe buyers operate a dog rescue and will be running the rescue from the house since there is sufficient acreage to get a kennel license. They also plan to run an agility training program on the property. There will be anywhere from 10 to 15 dogs there at a time, barking, howling and whining. FUCK MY NEIGHBORS IN THEIR UNLUBRICATED ASSES. This just about makes up for all the crap our piece-of-shit white-trash asshole neighbors have put us through over the years. I plan to drive by the house in a couple months just to see the magnitude of the ass-ramming I have bestowed upon them. Karma is a bitch. Giga-Rave In less than a month, we're moving to the cottage for a year. Rant In less than a month, we're moving to the cottage for a year. I've got so much shit to get done between now and then, I laid awake last night till 3 am.
Rant: I'm getting burnt out from my job. I know I've got it made but right now I just feel like I'm in a funk. Even though I'm still selling, everyone else has slowed way the fuck down. So even though my numbers are good, the numbers of the people that work for me aren't. What makes it worse is that I have half a dozen projects that are all in various stages of "fucked up" in engineering right now. My boss, the owner, is also our head engineer. Whenever I try to move things forward or get something resolved he side tracks me with questions about, "what's closing next?". It's a valid question and he has every right to ask it but in the proper setting. Such as our sales forecast meeting, general management meetings, or a dozen other times. Side tracking me with the same questions I've already answered when I'm coming to resolve something to move a PAYING project forward is not helpful and it literally drains the life/motivation out of me. Rave: Working from home. It's amazing how much more I get done in a day when I don't have a bunch of nonsense dragging me down. Being able to go for a quick swim in between follow up calls beats spinning circles in my office chair any day. I'll let my sales guys make their own excuses to the boss this week.
HUGE RAVE: I did it. I FUCKING DID IT. Today I finished the first draft of my first novel. There's a lot of work left to do before it is considered "done" by any means, but it's THERE goddamn it and I'm pumped. Tie-in Rave: I'm going to get very drunk tonight.
RAVE/RANT: This will be me soon. RAVE: One of America's great artists, Waylon Jennings. RAVE: He had an equally musically gifted son. RANT: People who don't get their pets fixed. As much of a heartless bastard as I am, every time I see one of these poor guys on my back porch... IT MAKES ME FUCKING SAD (according to the Sopranos its the nature of a sociopath or something to love animals and children... but then I hate kids, so never mind)!
Rant: So much biochem to learn, and the silly names for all this shit isn't helping. mitogen activated protein kinase, mitogen activated protein kinase kinase, and mitogen activated protein kinase kinase kinase? Really? Thats the best you can do?
RAVE: Got my $1,000 security deposit back from my Apt!!! Any suggestions on what I should buy with this newly returned money besides hookers and blow? Rave: Finally start Primary Flight School on Friday!! No more waiting around and putting off studying!! Rant: Finally start Primary Flight School on Friday!! No more sitting on my lazy ass and drinking all the time!!
Rant/Rave: Ken Griffey Jr. calls it quits. Rant, because it's Ken Griffey Jr. Rave, because it means the Mariners don't have a pair of DH's that can't hit. They only have one now. At least Sweeney still has a puncher's chance at the plate. Griffey was Apollo Creed against the Ivan Dragos of MLB pitching.
Rave: In the span of about 3 1/2 weeks, I went from getting approval by my office to relocate and work remotely to actually moving into a new place in Tampa. It's not exactly Austin like I'd hoped, but it's way better than Tallahassee Rant: I inexplicably can't stop thinking about an ex from 5 years ago who lives here, who is in a shitty relationship w/ a live-in deadbeat boyfriend and keeps insinuating that it's on the way out. Yes, exes are exes for a reason, but we only dated for 5 months and I was 23 and nowhere near ready to do the relationship thing. [Add additional rationalizations here] Rant: My cost of living went up at least 10%, cutting into money for frivolity Rave: I finally have concerts, comedy shows and professional sporting events nearby, assuming I can afford them. Rant: It's still going to be until October until my license suspension is over, and given the bump in my living costs, I'm not sure exactly how I'm going to afford a vehicle. RAVE: It's all worth it, as working from home is the fucking shit.