Rant: Boobie Thread on fucking page two? Are you fucking kidding me? For shame, ladies, for shame. Trust me, you don't want me to post mine.
Rave: Got over 8 hours of sleep last night for the first time in over a week, it was fantastic. Rave: I think I may have the most comfortable bed ever.
Rave: some friends set up a huge (about 40 ft.) Slip & slide into a pond. Two tarps, a turf sprinkler and a fuck ton of dish soap... Rant: while it was fun as hell, my knees both feel like someone hit me in them with a sledge hammer. Rant: i think we're rednecks. Rave: we had enough dish soap this time and didn't have to break out the cooking oil.
"Overqualified"? I do so love the subtle retardation of Human Resources language. Just fucking tell me you don't want to hire me. Don't bother jerking me off. Christ alfuckingmighty, what a crock of shit.
Rant: People older than 14 who refer to their best friends as "besties." Rant: Work is killing me this week. I had a nice easy week covering the evening shift last week and I forgot how much I hate working with the people who work my shift. Also, it was 80 degrees at 5am this morning and I don't work in air conditioning.
Rant: I think its about time that cell phone manufacturers start including foul language into their predictive text dictionaries. When I try to spell "pissing" and it comes up "pudding", well that just pisses me off.
Rant: I am really, really getting tired of the office idiocy in medical practices. I took both my girls to the dentist's office this morning for annual check-ups and cleanings. After signing in and sitting down, I get called up to the window and handed "the clipboard" with a stack of forms to complete and was told it's been over a year and everything needs to be updated. I told the woman that both girls have braces and return to the office every 2 months for adjustments and were just here about 6 weeks ago, to which she informed me that those are the orthodontist's records, this is a dental appointment. Same office, same practice (it's a dental network--don't even get me started on dental insurance coverage), you can pool physical and human resources but not information? In this day and age? My endocrinologist can write me an Rx on his handheld, automatically cross-referencing it against my medication list to check for possible harmful drug interactions, and submit it electronically to my drugstore, and these folks can't even cross-populate two medical databases? On the same server? And who made the decision to replace classical music in the waiting room with hip-hop? Doesn't quite deliver the same, calming effect Rave: So after the girls were finished I took them out to breakfast at "The Original Pancake House" that opened recently. Holy shit what a great breakfast joint! 4 egg omelettes French-rolled and baked, seriously thick bacon (4 different varieties, too), and the fluffiest pancakes I've ever had, and real maple syrup to boot. Good coffee (but the cups are too small) and "Dutch Babies," an awesome-looking pastry, but it takes about 30 minutes to make (the waitress suggested calling ahead next time and pre-ordering it as they are made-to-order). My friend who reco'd the place told me about them and when I asked what they were all he could say was, "They're heaven." Not cheap, though. Breakfast for 3, with tip was $45. Still, if there's one in your area, go, and go hungry. Rant: That's twice this week (and it's only Tuesday) that I've gone out to breakfast, putting a crimp in my healthy eating.
Rave: Tom fucking Petty and the Heartbreakers tonight. I'm already home from work and started the festivities by cracking the first of many Natty Ices. I brought a few pounds of sliced steak home from work and plan on firing the grill up and drinking and eating with some buddies before heading to the concert. Open-faced philly cheesesteaks? Yes! Rant/Rave: My room has been a haven for fruit flies for the past week or so. Gross. I found the source... a banana I forgot to eat prior to my accounting final and left in my backpack. That test was over a month ago. Yeahhh... Rant: Another lesson learned about working for a startup: You never leave work. I'm about to tackling some scheduling problems for events this weekend- just about the last thing I want to do before enjoying a beautiful day.
Rave: Leaving early tomorrow morning for Rincon, Puerto Rico! A friend just turned 40 and rented a house on the beach (with a pool & hot tub) for a week and invited a bunch of us down. Awesome. Due to the fact that I have a 2 year old and a 2 month old, I decided not to torture my wife (yeah, we got civil unioned at the end of May, so we are as legal as NJ allows!) and go for the whole week. She is taking the boys to her parents in VA where they are going to have a pretty good time, but not as good a time as I am going to have. I plan on being drunk by 3:00 tomorrow afternoon. Rant: Not really a rant, but I am going to miss those kids - I have never been away from them for more than a night or two at the most.
Rant: OK. So... I just got home from work and took Bowser outside. We went out the front door and there was a woman with her 2 children in front of me. The woman was wearing a black burqa. Just to the right of the front door is a row of balconies. There were 2 white trash assholes drinking and smoking on the 2nd floor balcony. One of said white trash assholes saw fit to loudly proclaim... And I quote: "Hey, there's a ninja!" I mean... Come on. What was the fucking point of that? Did it make him feel like a man? Did publicly displaying some blatant racism make him feel warm and tingly inside? I can only assume that him and his hillbilly pal topped it off with a homoerotic fist bump. What the fuck is wrong with people?
Rave: Getting a flight to the Greek Island of Kos tomorrow, then will have to make my way to Brit party town Kardamena. Hoping to find accommodation and enough work to spend the rest of the summer. Gonna be pretty fucking broke the whole time, but hopefully I'll still find a way to get drunk more often than not Bring it on!
Rant/Rave: Fixed a computer glitch at the flight academics bldg...almost gave me a heart attack. In case anyone cared to read: Spoiler On Friday I had a cockpit trainer exam where I demonstrate certain emergency procedures to a Civilian flight instructor...a very old guy. When he was inputting the grades, the computer crashed and afterward, he input my grades incorrectly resulting in an incomplete exam and a Ready Room Unsatisfactory. [A ready room is discussion with the instructor about what I was going to demonstrate during the exam itself...the Unsat part was that I failed the discussion part resulting in not being able to take the exam and getting held back in training.] Today rolls around and I can't take a couple computer classes because I'm still held back. I go talk to the instructor and he fixes the incomplete part of the glitch, but not the unsat part. I get a call from my squadron saying I need to talk to the Operations Officer, which is never good, but I know it's a mistake, so it's fine. Anywho, I talk to him and got everything sorted out, so I'm free and clear with no incomplete's or Unsat's...just a lost training day, which blows. Still kinda nerve racking getting an unsat out of nowhere.
RAVE: It feels pretty goddamned good when you go to an interview and they hire you on the spot. You may now call me Professor Chirpy. Yeehaw! I think I need sexy horn-rimmed glasses now to complete the transition from Catholic school teacher to college prof. RANT: It's only part-time so I still need a full-time gig for insurance purposes and so my new car stays in my garage. RAVE: Bud butter has been soaking for over 45 minutes now. Helllllooooo, rice crispy treats. Four nights of Phish will be even better once these tasty babies are in effect. Yay summer!
Rave: Dissertation is coming along a bit better now, first section is done and will be sent to the supervisor today. Rave: Going to feel special this afternoon as I am giving blood for the first time in a few years and I am a universal donor, so I am extra special. Rant: I'm not a fan of the whole needle in your arm thing.
Rave: I just got a job selling steaks and other gourmet meats and seafood this summer. It's door to door, which is awesome because when I graduate I am looking to get into stock broking, or some other sales job. This is good practice so I don’t look like a dick when I get out of school at my first job. Not to mention the base pay is good, and there are a shitload of perks and contests every day. Vegans, lock your doors. Rant: I can't just play all summer because I don’t want to use up my GI bill on summer courses (school has a 6 unit cap), but I guess it's a half rant because money enables me to play even harder on the weekends when I dont have school or work....this could be dangerous. Rave: My GF told me today she is taking me to LA for 4 days after our 3 day adventure of entertaining some guests from out of state for 3 days in San Francisco at the end of July.
Rave: I have had the biggest craving for pancakes for a couple of weeks now which I mentioned to the new girlfriend while I was at work today. She asked if I wanted to come by her place after work today since she was hanging out and watching a movie with her brother. She was making pancakes when I got there. Fucking awesome, I think I could get used to this having a girlfriend thing.