Rave: I had epic, crowd killing, monster farts all day at work today, while no one was there to notice. When I went to a friend's family dinner, around a couple of hot college chicks, not a single one. Bueno.
Rave: It's my 21'st birthday! I'm shocked at how quickly it came. I remember turning 18 like it was yesterday and it's already been 3 fucking years. So much has happened in such a small amount of time. Finally, an awesome birthday.
Rave: Christmas! Rave: Chater/Nett and the mods, having the board back is a great present. Everyone stay safe, get drunk, and enjoy yourselves.
RAVE: This was always going to be a horrid Christmas (money has been VERY tight this year), but the turkey came up Milhouse, hence the rave. The food really is great on Christmas, isn't it? Turkey, sausage stuffing, sage and onion stuffing, glazed gammon, roast potatoes, spinach (not offensive with that other stuff, surprisingly) and wonderful gravy, followed by Christmas pudding with rum butter (enough rum to knock out an elephant). I think I gained at least 5 lbs... RAVE: Parents away for 2 weeks from Sunday. RANT: Still no proper internet... RAVE: One of my dad's friends is looking into it, since he does a lot of business with the telecommunications company who have fucked us over. RANT: I don't get paid anything for my part-time work until the end of next month at the earliest. Fuck. I'm going to be ploughing through the wine on New Year's Eve, that's for sure. RAVE: Tons of commission this week, so I'll be treating myself when I get paid. Merry Christmas kids!
RAVE: Playing Beatles Rock Band with my son (5) all morning. He's still at it now. RAVE: The stepson was reasonably well behaved and the day has thus far been very quiet and fun. Amazing!
A big ol' "me too" on this one, even though I lurk a lot. RAVE: Christmas this year was a good one. I got new Oakleys, a Shop Vac and some tools (I'm a new homeowner), and a new motorcycle helmet. RAVE2: My nephew (9 yrs) got a .22 rifle. We're starting him off right.
RAVE3: I forgot to add that I found my favorite hat that I lost years ago at my mom's house today. It must have been lost in my closet, which now belongs to the grandkids. Excellent.
I was gonna bitch about something or other but, with carrymehome's post I'll just be thankful for what I already have. God bless, I'll light a candle at mass on Sunday.
Rave- I spent 8:30 am to 10:30 pm Christmas Day sleeping off Thursday's/Friday Morning's drunken state. I don't celebrate Christmas, but I found this a very enjoyable way to spend the holiday.
rave Well I made it through christmas. This has been by far one of the most intense weeks of my life but looking back, I wouldn't change a thing about it. Christmas eve was tough, started work at 12pm and finished at 5am christmas day. Both the bar and the club were pretty fucking busy. Stu, the manager at the club did absolutely fuck all all night but to my annoyance since it pretty much left running the club down to me so no change there. The only real negative bit about the night was when my ex (R) turned up to the club, shortly followed by the girl I've just started seeing (L). Every time I went to talk to L, R would be literally next to her.. not saying a thing or even facing me or her.. just there.. Was a bit awkward to say the least. However one of my friends was absolutely obliterated and was attempting to flirt with both of them which amused me no end. Christmas day was unexpectedly good, if weird. As I was on my own for christmas, I had no plans whatsoever for the day but got invited to dinner by my ex step dad and his new family (he re-married 6 months ago), so I had dinner with him, his new wife, step children and in laws in my old house. It felt awkward to say the least, but I seemed to be a bit of a hit and was well received by everyone there. More than anything. I was just happy to eat a got meal sitting down.. something that I haven't managed to do for what seems like a month. the rest of the evening and night was spent with my good friends before going to my girlfriends house to relax and watch crappy films... I really could not have had a better christmas day under the circumstances, I actually cried tears of joy. Unfortunately, the good times do not last since I'm back in work in a few hours, and then there's the build up to NYE so looks like I've got another hectic week ahead of me.. But I've made it this far without breaking down, I can do another week of madness no problem. I think I am going to go into hibernation in january.. I think I've bloody deserved it. Merry christmas to you all on the TiB, I hope you all had at some christmas joy in some form or another.. and thank you for putting up with my incessant moaning over the past week
RANT: I consider myself to be a fairly intelligent individual. And, I'm sure most everyone on this board thinks they are, too. That being said, take ten bucks, go down to Target/Walmart and buy yourself one of the new generation Transformers, particularly the one that looks like an Audi R8, and you will meet your match. My five year old: "Daddy, transform this to a robot!!!" Twenty minutes later, I got it to resemble the package. Transformers when I was a kid were like, 5 clicks, done. This thing? Unbelievable. Double Rant: One minute later, "Daddy, transform it back to a car!"
Rave: Christmas Eve brought a whole lotta beautiful snow! I loved it. Rave: Which meant the highways were icy on Christmas...and we cut out a leg of our trip. It was so nice just to spend the holiday outside of a car. Rave: Which meant I was in town to reconnect with an old boyfriend after celebrating with the family. We're both in a much better places than when we last saw each other. I'm so glad life is better for him!
Rant Lovely Christmas weather yesterday: zero snow on the ground and cold-ass November-style freezing rain for 10 straight hours. WHAT IS WITH THE FUCKING WEATHER THIS YEAR!?!?!? A cloudy, rainy, grey-as-fuck July and a balmy November....IN CANADA. This requires some Erin Brokovich-style investigating. I may just have to put on a tube-top and do some snooping around. Rant I counted 55 cars lined up at a Tim Horton's Drive-thru yesterday. Attention lazy fucks: you don't need coffee THAT BAD, and if you do go home to your families and make it your own damn self. Rave Inglourious Basterds on Blue-Ray for Christmas. Nothing like seeing skull dust fly off a Nazi's bludgeoned head in High-Def.
RANT: My car insurance jumped from $70/month to $133/month just because I moved from New Mexico to the Northeast. Fuuuuuuck. I'm 23, I've paid off my car and own it outright, I've never filed a claim, and my only violation is a single minor speeding ticket. Why am I getting ass raped so hard? Time to drop some coverages and/or shop for new quotes. RANT: Heading to rural Georgia tomorrow through the 31st to visit some of my stepdad's family. I barely know these people. They don't allow alcohol in their house. RAVE: Flying direct from Atlanta to Boston for New Year's Eve. Going to see Dane Cook (I don't love him or hate him) with the girlfriend, then to a party with an open bar. RANT: I have to deal with the Atlanta airport on New Year's Eve.
Posted this in the Christmas thread, but it's more of a rant and rave. Now, not to say I'm not grateful for my family and what I have.. but I can't help but think about either, what the fuck I did wrong this year, or how high my parents might have been at the thrift store. Regardless, it was a very jolly Christmas. Rave: Christmas Eve: - Lots of good beer - Crab legs for days - Monster roast with potatoes Rant: Presents included: - 1 green & 1 black cotton T-shirt - An old crock-pot - A variety pack of mashed potato mix - 2 bar-stools
Rave: Christmas Day turned out to be a zoo, as usual. We got the Cambie at 1pm, and opened the festivities with fireball shots and shitty beer. A few other friends showed up, many beers were drank, my friend Lisa passed out on the table (at 6pm). I managed to get Lisa awake enough to eat, so she sobered up a bit. My friend Len had completely disappeared in the meantime though. We looked all over for him, but he was not in the bar. After waiting for a couple of hours for him to turn up (he didn't), we went to the casino and got more drunk at the bar there. Len finally called us back, but made no sense at all and we had no idea where he was. No biggie, that happens all the time. More boozing commenced, until we were finally worn out at around 11pm. Took a cab home, satisfied with a pretty entertaining night. But...what the hell happened to Len? His girlfriend called my house at midnight, all hysterical, saying she didn't know where he was and it was ALL MY FAULT. Uh, okay. He's a grown fuckin man, so I wasn't exactly concerned about him...like I said, he does the disappearing act all the time. I woke up this morning and called a buddy...still, no one's heard from Len. His voicemail is full on his phone, and he didn't turn up at any of our friend's places. Weird. Finally, about an hour ago, he turned up at home. Where was he all night, you ask? Jail. Apparently, he decided to take a piss in the middle of a busy street, and the cops scooped him up and attempted to give him a ticket. He attempted to give them lip service, but he was way too drunk for that. So, Len spent the night of Christmas Day in the drunk tank. He's 32 years old. And this is why my friends are so entertaining.
Rave/Rant/?: First time sober in three days Rave: Got a french press coffee maker. It's good shit Rant: Feel slightly ill as I'm not used to how much stronger it is than my 30 year old POS old maker Rant: I just read that sentence and realized I really need to man the fuck up.
Rave: No more seafoam/aquamarine! Goodbye, horrible colour. I'm sorry I couldn't even prentend to like you while you were here. Hello, earthtones! Rant: Still so much to do. Rave: But three days off this week and next to do it!
'From the Earth to the Moon' is on HBO On Demand this month. I love this series. Yes, it's dramatized and simplified and biased. But the sheer force of will needed to do what those people did gives me chills every time I think about it. I'm the last person on the planet willing to give our species a pat on the back, but even I can't help but think that if we pursue every human endeavor with that sort of unflinching tenacity, we may have a future worth seeing. I now return you to your regularly scheduled cynicism.