Rave: Over the summer I became a contract employee and make the same amount of money working half as many hours per week. I only work 20 hours and I make as much as when I worked full-time. The best part is that it's something I love and really believe in. And, I get to put my style and personality into it. I subbed for someone earlier this week and a woman told me she liked me better. I like it! Rant: Last bit of freedom. Classes start Monday. This will be my most intense semester to date.
Rave: Enough pissing around. Yesterday I went to the gym, spoke with the owner, and wrote him a check for a three-month membership. Starting September 1st, I will be working out five days a week, and doing weekly weigh-ins and training with a personal trainer. It's a 10-week program which (if done correctly) will help me lose the 25 pounds that I've wanted to lose for the past three years. The girlfriend will also be on the same program, which will make it really easy to stick to the diet because we'll both be eating the same things. I'm really excited about it, and I can't wait to get started. Rave: The training portion is free. The reason being: The owner knows where I work and what I do. He said, "Just make sure you tell your audience how you lost your weight and where you did it." Done and done. Rave: Tonight I'm off to Folkfest which is an annual event held in Saskatoon. The purpose of Folkfest is to take a shuttle-bus around the city, stopping at various pavilions to eat international food and drink international beer. Last year was my first year, and needless to say it was one of the highlights of my summer. Good thing the diet and the training doesn't start until September. Rant: Another memorial service is being held for my Mom in her hometown this afternoon. My Dad has been having a really tough time coping with her loss, and this should only add to his anxiety regarding her passing. It was her birthday on the 17th, and both of us were devastated at the fact that we couldn't even wish her a happy birthday. I miss her so much. Rave: Two weeks until our training camp. Finally I'll be in my element and calling hockey games again. Bring it on!
Rant: No hits from the resumes I've sent out. This whole "changing careers" business is a crock of shit. It's demoralizing. Rave: A good friend who moved to S. Korea 6 years ago is home for a visit with his... WIFE?! Dude totally got married and didn't tell a soul. So excited to see him and meet her! Raver: Friday. Fuck yeah. Ravest: Tee time booked for tomorrow and the forecast just shifted to "sunny and warm". Woohoo!
RAVE: Finally an extended warranty from Best Buy is paying for itself. Lame rants to follow.. RANT: I needed to invoke my warranty because my Samsung TV is malfunctioning. For the second time. For the same issue. For anyone who cares, it's something screwy with the HDMI board. HDMI 1 doesn't show anything, and HDMI 2 and 3 show the same thing. RANT: My vacuum in which things overheated and parts melted together is not covered by the manufacturer's warranty.
Rave: Got outside at 8:00 am and got all the yardwork done before it reaches triple digits again. It still sucked, but at least it's done. Rave: Last weekday of summer vacation for my girls (a rave in itself), so I'm taking them to see Scott Pilgrim vs. The World this afternoon. Super-Rave: My scholarship was renewed for the 2010/11 academic year! $2,000/semester (including summer) towards tuition and fees (which covers most of it), $500/month stipend, plus $500 travel budget to attend a conference of my choice. If I present a paper, the university picks up the full tab on my travel expenses. I might be heading to DC in the spring.
Rant: I think I'm going to have to cut a good friend from my life and I feel terrible about doing it. My friend went out and hooked up with a co-worker. Another person at work told me about this. Now my friend is saying all sorts of terrible things about her. Trying to find ways to get her fired, etc. All because the coworker told me what she did. The conversation was in a joking manor. I've only seen this side of her once, and that was when I made fun of her home town. If things like this set her off, I'm not sure I can be friends with her. I feel bad about the things she is saying. And there is no calming her down. Maybe this post should go in why I cant have friends that are girls thread.
RAVE: Been getting more serious about kicking ass on next month's PT test. I'm pushing myself to get out and run a few miles more than my usual once a week...here's hoping it pays off. RAVE: I brought up the anxiety/depression issues I've been going through with the physician on base. It was uncomfortable, but it felt good to let it out. I'm nervous though, I was given a military one source number to call, I just have a feeling this may get me nowhere. RAVE/RANT:I joined that PlentyofFish.com deal, and it's quite a menagerie of freaks. I have gotten messages from mostly unattractive/portly women, but there's one I'm talking to right now, that seems cool. Well, the site is free to use, so I'm going to give it a shot. RAVE: Friday. Cheers, idiots.
Rave: Five days off, starting tomorrow. Flying home to visit the family and enjoy the baking heat of southern Ontario. God, I hope the humidity breaks. Rant: I don't know how people can live without dogs. It's an unnatural existence. I just dropped mine off at the kennel and the house feels so empty and wrong without them. Ravt: The ex is counting down the days until I see him.
RANT: My walk-in cooler broke down tonight and the repair bill was fucking atrocious. Better than losing most of my stock, but still. RAVE: I hired a girl named Chun Li tonight. Seriously, that's her name.
RANT: I cannot sleep. RAVE: Because I go back to school tomorrow and I am so excited I can't even function. Droves of beautiful, beautiful freshman girls, an apartment with 3 chill room mates, no classes for the first week, endlessly flowing booze and weed. The second I unload all of my stuff into my apartment I'm calling over the hot stoner girl and fucking her into a coma. RANT: All I can think about is sex. I've hooked up with three girls this summer within the first six weeks and it was a huge clusterfuck. Hatefucking my whore ex-girlfriend because I was blinded by her sneaky ways and big tits, devirginizing my best girl friend in the world while black out drunk in my best guy friends backyard at 3am and having to buy her Plan B since my dick is too big for the Trojan Ecstasy I used, and getting mediocre head from a mediocre girl. This last month I've kept to myself to avoid creating more stupid drama to deal with and my junk is going to shrivel up and fall off if I don't get to take out my blue balls on someone soon. RAVE: Spent a solid ten hours between Secondary Edu prereqs, Koofers, RateMyProfessor and credential checking to make sure I have the most bomb college schedule of all time. Intro to Soc, Intro to Psych, Political Psychology and Society, Public speaking, and Intro to Pop Culture: the easiest possible classes to complete before applying to the School of Education, and each class has an awesome professor. Needless to say I will be burning a lot of bud before lectures this semester.
Rave: Miss me? SO first of all i'm going to just say that I'm seriously drunk right now, and that fact alone is what I'm going ot attribute any typos to (already it's taken me a dozen tries to hammer out this sentence, but fuck it) First of all, I haven't been here in ages because of a lot of reasons. Mainly because I've been legitimately busy with a lot of shit and haven't had tthe time or inclination to come here. I've got not only my bachelor of science in, well, science, but also I'm now working for a world renowned scientist in my field doing work I find absolutely fascinating, and have also managed to aquire a healthcare-provider level CPR card, and became a nationally registered EMT. I have a woman who is waiting on me to pass my exam (which I just did yesterday, with flying colors) who wants to hire me as soon as I am legally allowed to work for her despite the fact that she normally doesn't hire anyone under 30 because they all act like idionts. This pleases me. I also spent the night drinking and playing beerpong and vermouth pong. I am very drunk. I also ordered a swiss army knife as a sort of self-gift for my graduation with a bachelor's degree, but the shop has been out of stock and my 3 day delivery has become a 21 day delivery. Today I called up customer service to inquire what the fuck was goin on and they told me they had no idea when they were actually going to get my knige. after a 6 minute conversation the result was that they gave me a discount and I made a substitution that resulted in them giving me $5 off what I was originally going to pay, and giving me a knife that was $45 more expensive than the one I ordered for the same price, so I wound up getting about a $5 discount and a $45 upgrade for waiting that extra 18 days. I count that as a win and I should be getting my knife by the middle of next week. I dunno if I'll actually post again soon, I usually only posted while I was taking breaks during major study sessions in college, but now that I've graduated I am not inclined to do so. Oh well. I apologize for the lack of "Rant" and "Rave" demarkations, and I hope it's intuitive what is a rant or a rave, I am drunk, and I have long since abandoned looking at the keys while I type, looooooong since abandoned that, but in my state it takes like 7 attempts to find the [ key for bolding, and I can't be bothered to move my fingers all the way over to the mouse pad to click the B button just for the bolding of RANT and RAVE so i just fuckin abandoned the effort. Good drunken intellectual conversation earlier. Talked about neuroscience and TED talks, found out about an intriguing documentary series calle d"Vanguard" I'll have to check out. Told the other guy about "Connections" and the awesomeness of James Burke. Fucked a series of different girls since I last posted here. Just realized this fact. Thought to myself how awesome this is. Drunk as fuck. Bought two bottles of vermouth and both of them emptied and drank so much beer. Awesome. Hope this was somewhat coherent. Here's a random ass image because I've been away and not posting random ass images. I'll try and keep it SFW. God damn I'm fucking drunk. I was busy trying to fall asleep but for some reason I kept thinking "I haven't posted on TiB forever" and now I'm here. I'm going to sleep after this.
Rant: Moronic eBay sellers who don't think that I can tell the difference between a new, sealed DVD and one that has been opened and resealed. Hey... Asshole... When I can plainly see the residue where you've removed the manufacturer's seal, you're going to be called on your bullshit. Responding with insults and threats doesn't help your case.
Rave: Sorry for the consecutive posts, but the seller has suddenly decided to stop being an asshole. It's gotten through his thick goddamn skull that I've returned the DVD and he's agreed to refund my payment. Rant: The jackass can't figure out how to do so through PayPal and has actually e-mailed them asking for help. Idiot.
RAVE: Finally home from my vacation. It wasn't really one of those "relax on the beach and get hammered" trips, but rather it was hanging out with my parents, in Scotland, and soaking up our family history. It was the first real vacation I've had in a long time, and it was amazingly refreshing. I'm now totally ready to get back to work.
Rave: Linear Algebra exam went well. Rant: Tons of homework that was out aside has to be done. I dont want to do it. Rant: Chem exam on Friday Rant: The following week I have Stats, Linear (again) and Calculus....fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Rave: The hot red head will be at the weekly swing dance again....woo
Rave: Date tomorrow, afternoon. Kind of excited/anxious. Rave: If this date blows, Ive got a back up for next weekend. Rant: Friend boy is freaking out again. Apparently he can treat me like ass, but when I go out and actively try and replace him, I'm a whore. Rave: School start Monday. I love school
Rant: My brother bamboozled me into having a houseguest over until Wednesday. Rave: She's his "the one that got away" and I'd gladly fuck her into next month otherwise. Rave: We don't have to hide our substance abuse while she's here, because she's also on the other side of the globe from "straight edge". Rant" I'm used to vodka martinis with olives - I'm stuck with gin and cocktail onions, which are the mixed-drink equivalent of cheating on Elizabeth Hurley with "Death Took a Shit and it Came to Life" Red Light District trash. Rave: No matter where my life is now, I've helped give a Muslim girl the courage to tell her uncle to (figuratively) shove his arranged (between her and a complete stranger) marriage right up his rusty, backwards asshole. And with that, I can cross an item off my bucket list. Now it's up to me (and I'm very much up to the challlenge) to prove to her that a Western man who loves her is much, much better for her in all aspects than a Muslim man who'll rape her and sleep soundly at night because she wanted sex in the first place. What's right is right, and what's wrong is wrong. I'll move heaven and earth to see this girl be treated like a human being, religion and culture be damned, even if I'm not her choice in the end. Tradition alone is not enough for a person to do something, especially against their interest. And I'll kill (and die) to uphold what's right. Rant: I'm out of vodka, olives, and money budgeted for booze for the month. Rave: The coke is here.
RAVE: Clear out sale on Mr. Freezies at the grocery store. Now have 8 large boxes to get me through the winter. Go ahead, can/preserve all the shit you like for your larder, I'll be quite content with frozen grape sugar water.