Mega Rave: Just got back from Up north in the jungle for Anzac Day. Was absolutely awesome, got drunk and made a mess of myself and caught up with a heap of mates I haven't seen in 3 years. Unreal time had by all. Rant: Going back to work tomorrow.
I have an overwhelming urge to drop out of college, use my savings to fly to New Zealand, rent an apartment and become a bartender. Ambitious or retarded...I can't decide.
Rave: Just booked the honeymoon this weekend. 4 nights in Fiji and 10 nights in New Zealand. Rave +1: Had enough miles to fly us both round trip, and enough left over to cover the domestic flights to the wedding in Oregon. Rave +2: I get to golf on my honeymoon at Cape Kidnappers. Rant: $12k out the door.
Rant: Ticks. I'm dog sitting all week and have been taking the pooch for morning walks and afternoon runs. I've kept him out of tall grass as much as possible but he still had two little ticks on his head when we got back to the house. They hadn't dug in yet which was good. I also felt a bigger one crawling up my leg. Viking funerals for all of them. I keep checking myself now for them (even after showering). Every itch, clothing pinch, etc has me checking for them. Rave: There's a very strong possibility of me going to Haryana, India for a few months. One of our customers wants to partner with us to open a facility over there because of the surge in automated manufacturing they're experiencing. I thought this deal would take about a year to kick off but these guys are serious and anxious to cash in. Time to learn about Haryana, India.
Rave Mexico was awesome. The wedding went well, no long-winded boring speeches and I wasn't even that nervous when it came my turn to speak. Drank my weight in booze, had awesome weather and spent a week on a beach with good friends. Rant I got seasick while deep sea fishing... my god that shit just WRECKS you. I've never seen four grown men reduced to babies writhing in the fetal position before, once that shit hits you, you're done.
RAVE Just accepted a job in Chicago. First real job and its in a cool city, which is going to be a big change from living in the country my whole life. Holy shit am I excited. Minor Rant I have to find a place to live in Chicago within the next week. This should be fun.
I was in a car accident last Thursday. A lady made a left right in front of me. I was going 30mph. My car is totaled. I have the biggest black, blue and purple bruise across my chest from the seatbelt I've ever seen. My airbag did not go off, which is weird but I'm glad because I'd probably have a broken nose or at the very least a shiner. I don't have a picture of her because I couldn't bring myself to at the scene. The entire front end was toast. I'm wasn't hurt bad. I think I'm more sad than anything else. Anyway here's one from just after I got it. Listen up guys when you're on a two lane road and you "wave someone through" that's trying to make a left DON'T. You're not doing anyone any favor. 30 extra seconds isn't worth it. RIP Ms. Kitty. Thanks to you and your massive engine I didn't end up spending my weekend in a hospital bed.
RAVE I caught a foul ball at the Twins vs. Royals game Saturday night. The second batter of the game, Twins 2B Orlando Hudson, fouled one into the upper level. It bounced out of the upper level into the lower level right near me, where I caught it with my bare hands. I have had balls tossed to me by players during BP or between innings, but this was the first foul ball I have ever caught. Very cool for me.
Rant: Tito Ortiz was just arrested for beating up Jenna Jameson. I'm sure some of you have some "witty" joke to make about it, but it's still pretty fucked up and wrong. /high horse
Rave: Had an awesome weekend at a bachelor party involving lots of scotch, shots, bbq, paintball and a good run on the craps table. Life is good. Rant: Unemployment is reaching its 5th month. I need a job.
Rant Wow, 1 in 3 San Francisco employees earn $100k+. <a class="postlink" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/26/MNC51CLUBN.DTL&tsp=1&nopu=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... p=1&nopu=1</a> This doesn't include government benefits, pensions etc. No wonder California is fucked upside down in debt. The police chief pulled in over a half million in 2009; plus benefits, in a recession, with a mother fucking government job. The odds of making 6 figures is 33% working for the state, I don't even know the stats but I know it's multiple times higher than in the private sector. This is what you call a democracy going on a dictatorship. Pretty soon the workers at the DMV will be sipping Cristal on their marble flooring while all the businesses will be scrambling to not only profit in the free market, but to pay the taxes of these assholes. Fuck it, let's all work for the government. Then there will be no one to pay the taxes but everyone will be making 6 figures!!
Rant or rave or who cares? Apparently Bret Michaels had a major stroke and may die. Trashy strippers everywhere are weeping in the streets.
RANT: Motherfucking idiot, who isn't even my boss, apparently doesn't give a shit about the engineers out in the field that are actually making his department look good. He got the company to agree to pull us in to work on a huge military project he pulled in, and got us to agree to work weekends by instituting a weekend overtime policy for us salaried employees. Overtime pay for the month was supposed to be included in the following month's check, but somehow we haven't been paid yet for our overtime in FEBRUARY AND MARCH. Oh wait, I shouldn't say WE haven't been paid, because somehow two out of the eight of us DID get paid. HOW THE FUCK DO TWO PEOPLE GET PAID, AND NOT THE REST OF US? OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE PROCESS LIKE YOU TOLD US, ASSHOLE. NOW, YOU'RE OVER IN EUROPE, AND REFUSE TO RETURN MY ACTUAL BOSS'S PHONE CALLS. DICK. I WANT MY $2,000 IN OVERTIME PAY. GUESS WHAT, ASSHOLE, IF I DON'T GET MY OVERTIME PAY, I'M NOT SHOWING UP AT THE WORKSITE MONDAY LIKE I'M SUPPOSED TO. GO FUCK YOURSELF, YOU'RE NOT EVEN MY BOSS. RAVE: Hmm, looks like I don't have to go to Mississippi next week. I'm going to sit at home, in my underwear, ignore phone calls from the military team, and get paid for it, since I'm salaried. I think I'll give the state Labor and Wage Board a call too, they sound like they'd really like to help me out.
Rant: At work they're changing the system by which we do job cards and account for hours and shit like that. Not a great deal of changes but little stuff. We still have to sit through a three day course which I could do in half a day if let go at my own pace and it is so fucking boring. Trying to write stuff and I'm that bored my hand fell off the page cause I was falling asleep.
Rant: Figured raising money would be easier. Hopefully the parents rich friends read their mail/email and send me some dineros, that shit would be real chill Rant: Dynamics, if you've ever taken it nothing more needs to be said Rave: In about 6 weeks I'll start biking across the country. Going to be amazing, and definitely a shit ton better than interning at the engineering firm from last year
RAVE: Finally been diagnosed with idiopathic hypersomnia and prescribed wakeup drugs. Specifically Modafinil. Think Adderall. RANT: $110 a week. At this point indefinitely.