Rant: Shitty, shitty day at work. Megarant: I was playing guitar, trying to unwind, and when I set her down on the bed so I could grab another drink I managed to knock an effects pedal off the desk. It landed corner first on my beautiful Laura. Now there's a chip in the varnish and it's like looking at a supermodel with a wonky nose.
Rave: Home for two weeks from a horrible project in Mississippi. I'm going camping, drinking a lot of beer, shooting some guns, drinking more beer, lighting stuff on fire, and drinking even more beer. Maybe not in that particular order, but close. Oh, and not answering my phone or emails for the whole two weeks. Rave: The wife and I find out today if we're gonna have a boy or a girl. It's our first, and the first grandkid for my parents. I haven't slept all night, I have that nervous excitement I haven't felt since I was 12 and we were leaving on the annual summer family roadtrip the next morning. Rant: Production on our shitty project is in the toilet this week, so it's going to be extended another week or two. I'll have to go back out there yet again to work some magic, pull shit out of my ass, and save face in front of the customer. At least I don't have to go out there until May. Rave: My boss basically told one of our distributors to go fuck himself after he sent in a request for engineering support on a huge project and only gave us 4 business days notice until he wanted someone on site. He's had to have known about this thing for months, and we're currently backlogged on projects by 1-2 months. Now this idiot will have to do it himself, and the customer is going to find out he doesn't know shit about the stuff he's been selling them for years. It's about time someone besides me realized this guy is a moron.
Rant: Shit awful end to my college career even though it's not technically over yet. Had 3 presentations and an exam last week and this week had a presentation and still have two finals and a paper to complete for tomorrow. Went out all day Saturday to relax a little and played in a charity sand volleyball tournament. Mother Nature decided to thank me for donating $200 to charity by giving me second degree sunburn ALL OVER my face. And it's past the stage of blisters already. My face is missing the first couple layers of skin. It is completely raw. So not only can I not raise my eyebrows or barely open my mouth, but I have fucking bandages all over my face. Was in the hospital Monday because I was puking everywhere and was so dehydrated. Fuck you Mother Nature. I wore my sunscreen. Rave: After these two hell weeks are over, I only have two finals next week during finals week. One of them is Intro to Music and is a group final. Enough said.
RAVE: 4 days down the shack was sensational. Nothing but drinking beer, cooking meat and unwinding with my mates. Here is how I spent my Monday afternoon/night. + RANT/RAVE?: In 3 nights of drinking, we went through 3 litres of vodka and 210 beers (3x30 packs and 5x24 packs). There were only 3 of us there.
Rant: Vancouver Canuck whiners. Let me preface this by saying that I'm a huge Canucks fan and would love nothing more than to see them bring home the Cup. After last night's disallowed goal, I knew there would be some people upset, but I never imagined it to be as bad as it is. One major paper (though it has definitely gone down hill in terms of quality) has a blog post on it's site about how the NHL appeared to change it's rule to disallow the goal. Sorry but you kinda forgot about another rule they have in place already. Ok now let's re-read that ... Wait, what was that? Now I'm no scientist, but I believe a skate would fall into the "other than with a stick" category. So that just means it needs to be directed in with the "other than a stick"-like object, which is what happened. The skate is what pushed it towards the net. Unlike a deflection where the skate simply changes the direction, the skate gave the motion and direction. Now let's take a look at the explanation from Mike Murphy, VP of Hockey Operations. If you ask me, it sounds like the war-room in Toronto followed the rule of the land by disallowing the goal, because the skate "propelled" it towards the net and that's why it was a no-goal. Same play in Ottawa two nights ago, same result. Guy crashing to the net, tried to stop and the puck went in off his skate. No goal. But by far the worst thing to come out of all this was a letter someone posted onto Facebook. Spoiler Sent this letter to the NHL via their website following game 3 of the Vancouver - LA series: Greetings, I am directing this message to the NHL Consumer Product Marketing section as I feel this best represents the overall theme of my message. With reference to game number three of the Vancouver Canucks - Los Angeles Kings conference quarter final series in 2010, an early third period goal for the Vancouver Canucks scored by Daniel Sedin, was disallowed due to a kicking motion, in accordance with rule 78.5, which states Disallowed Goals – Apparent goals shall be disallowed by the Referee and the appropriate announcement made by the Public Address Announcer for the following reasons: (ii) When the puck has been kicked using a distinct kicking motion. Upon further review of the play, the goal was deemed illegal according to this rule, not by the official, who did indeed signal the play as a goal on the ice when it happened, but by the "war room" in Toronto. I make this assertion because one can clearly see from the CBC broadcast of the game, the official wearing the headset saying into the headset "...but it was just a deflection...". And yet, after a lengthy discussion, the goal was disallowed anyway. I should now point out that, while it is commonly accepted that the war room can overrule an on-ice official on a questionable goal, the rulebook does not actually state as such. The official on the ice saw exactly what happened, as did a national TV audience in Canada, and the audience viewing the game on the Versus channel in the United States. Given the events that were shown on television across North America, is this really the kind of product that you want being marketed across the world? A product which has some serious issues when it comes to fair officiating, not just in this playoff series, but also during the regular season, and with many other teams that make up the NHL? Occasional bad calls are unavoidable and can be forgiven, but with so many officials watching the same plays over and over, how can a call on a play like the one described above, be missed in the Stanley Cup Playoffs? Upon reading the war room blog posting regarding the call detailed above, I found it to be a very poor excuse for a missed call. I sincerely hope that after reading this message, serious consideration will be given to the quality of officiating, from both the on, and off-ice officials employed by the National Hockey League. While I respect the NHL's stance on protecting it's employees, if those employees are not doing their jobs in a fair, unbiased, and objective manner, as it concerns all parties involved, said employee or employees should be held accountable. Failing to hold said employee or employees accountable does not market your product to your consumers as fair, unbiased, or objective. For the sake of your customers, please consider each and every letter, of every sentence, of every paragraph in this message. Failing to do so really only hurts you in the end. Thank You, Drew Really? You send a letter of this nature to the consumer product marketing section? You're worried about how this play will affect the marketing of the sport? Way to fall into the Gary Bettman school of thought, only worrying about how they can sell the game, and not how the game is played. Calling this a missed call is possibly the most idiotic thing I've ever heard. A missed call is something that goes unnoticed. You can say this was the wrong call all you want, but to call it a missed call is just plain retarded. By the way, great idea suggesting they consider the quality of officials only after having read this letter. Because they definitely wouldn't be actively seeking out the world's best officials for the game already. What a chode.
Rave: I just made my first toasted roast beef sandwich, with cheddar cheese, a little Worcestershire and onion salt. Tall glass of limeade to wash it down. It was so good that I listened to this while I ate it.
Rave: Just figured out that if I visit my User Control Panel I can see recent rep comments. (I'm an idiot I know) Rave: This week is flying by Rant: Running on about 5 hours of sleep and 3 cups of coffee Rant: 2 Presentations, 1 short essay (2 pgs), 1 long essay (4 pgs), 1 short journal, and a six-question Corporate Finance homework to go.
RAVE: Laundry is the best chore ever! I can spend most of my day distributing holy wrath on the minions of Hell, while only devoting a few minutes to the actual chore. And still I can claim productivity. RAVE: Speaking of slaughtering the damned, Dante's Inferno is a fucking blast! RAVE: Work tomorrow. It's nice having a job that I actually look forward to.
Rant: No week-long drunk threads. As though most people on here right now aren't halfway there anyway...
Rant: Lost my fucking jump drive the night before a group project is due. I am the person in charge of putting it all together and doing the final formatting. The files were on the drive. Fuck. Rave: Got a new (to me) bicycle today. Schwinn Super Le Tour. It's awesome.
Rave: Today's shaping up to be a really good day. It's only 9 AM here but I've already managed to accomplish the following: - Complete a trade in fantasy baseball. (I traded Adam Jones and Chad Billingsley for Tommy Hanson and Shin Soo Choo.) - Learned that I'm leading our Office hockey pool. (28 teams. I lead by two points) - Had a smooth morning on the radio with ZERO mistakes or stumbles. The rest of my day looks like this: 9:30 - Break from work. Head straight to the track and crush 10 laps. Shower and return to work for my noon sports. 1:00 - If I'm tired I'll nap, if not I'll golf nine holes. 5:00 - Taking the girlfriend out for a surprise date. I may even buy her flowers. 8:00 - Watch the Canucks tie their series with the LA Kings. Rave: Friday night is going to be unreal. I get to emcee an Everclear concert in town. I know that they haven't been relevant since the early part of the decade, but I like a lot of their songs and I'm looking forward to meeting them and having a beer or two. Rant: Our news guy is coughing and sneezing up a storm. I'd better not get a cold.
Rave: I bought a bag of frozen veggie that you steam in the nuker and they are Aye-May-ZING. I typically hate veggies. This may change my life! Edit: I ate the entire bag!
Rant: Went to a gay bar WITH MY GIRLFRIEND and a few of her friends, and a couple gay dude's she works with. I got my ass grabbed more times than I care to count and more looks than I give girls at regular bars. It wasn't really too bad besides the whole grab-assing thing cuz there was karaoke and some of those lesbo's were pretty damn good. Not really sure how I let her talk me into that one... Rave: The GF also sang, and fucking a, she is good. With my help she could hit the high notes easier... Rave: Found out the auto shop on base only charges $5 per hour to use the lifts and tools. Long needed oil change for my baby. Rave: Life's good.
Rave: I forgot how great working out is. I can't understand how doing something that takes energy makes me feel energized. Also, the place is full of Milfs and girls who are going to the local community college (it is a really rich area, so there are a lot of hot chicks. Plus there is a bar (only open weekends). My favorite part is the machines have TVs built into them, with cable, or you can hook up your iPod and watch video from it.
Rave: As of yesterday, Spring Weekend has officially started at my school. Rant: Two exams and an assignment due tomorrow. Rave/Rant? Bought 12 30s and 12 handles last night. Still have more to buy today. Rave: It's going to be a good weekend.