Rant: The second the Roto-Rooter guy walked into the bathroom, it started draining, and we still have to pay for the call.
Rant: Our cat was run over this afternoon. Fuckwitts were doing burnouts up and down the street and hit him. Came down and told me, said "oh sorry" and picked him up off the road and tried to throw him in the bin. As I was sitting on the gutter crying they drove off. Fucking assholes. I am so upset right now.
Friend came over last night to install my new harddrive and upgrade me to Windows 7 Ultimate 64 and Office 2010. Woo! Good bye Vista and, once I pull old files off it, hello old drive becoming a secondary storage drive for my computer.
Rave: Today I officially cemented my reputation as the guy who says really inappropriate shit with this gem: "I would take a life with no hesitation if I could see Sugar Ray Robinson, in his prime, fight Manny Pacquiao." Runner up comment: "The Dalai Lama is a dick."
Rant/wtf: A girl at work pointed to my poppy and said "durr, what are you wearing that for?". Yes she actually said 'durr'.
Rave: I've been teaching a class once a week at a local middle school. The subject we're doing is financial literacy, and we are supposed to arrange for someone to come in so the students can interview them on the subject. We've been having some difficulty until now, when the representative from a local bank just called me back. I've been super-stressed about getting someone in for the interview on time, but now it looks like that is falling into place. Rave: First two classes have gone great for me. Students are receptive to me, and while I was nervous for about the first minute I was in front of the class, I quickly calmed down and felt right at home as a teacher. I was really worried about whether or not I'd like teaching, as I hadn't ever gotten in front of a class and taught before. Now that I have, I know that this is what I want to do. I've quickly built a good rapport with the class I'm teaching, and I'm really enjoying the work. Rant: The other guy I'm teaching with isn't quite so lucky. He just seems really nervous in front of the class, and sort of unprepared, and the students can tell. As a result, his class doesn't work nearly as well as mine does, and they're falling behind a bit. This is a rant because I really, really want to jump in and help him more, but if I do that, he won't learn from his mistakes. My only job as his co-teacher is to help him pass out items, help him answer student questions, and help him with classroom management as much as I can. Political (state level) Rant coming up (delete if you deem it necessary): Spoiler Rant: It is going to be god damned near impossible to get a job in my state. Indiana is one of the better states in the country currently in terms of finances (i.e. we're not in California-sized debt), but it has come at the expense of things like teacher jobs. The Governor of the state wants to cap teacher salaries (I've heard at $30,000 to $40,000 a year, but that could be a bullshit scare-figure) and cut teachers. Now that he has a full Republican House and Senate (again, state level), he is going to be able to push all of his ideas through. He has made it clear that his priority for education is to make it as cheap as is humanly possible. I think it is going to be virtually impossible for me to find a job once I finish school, and it sucks. All this hard work to get my teaching license, and it will be fucking useless. Rant: The Teacher's Unions are no help, either. The Republican Governor, house, and senate clearly hate the teacher's union, and the teacher's union hates the state government. They are going to fight and fight, and the only people who are going to really get hurt by it are the young and new teachers, who will find it impossible to find jobs. Rave: Live close enough to the Illinois border that it isn't out of the question to get certified to teach in Illinois and get a job over there. In fact, that will likely be the route I take. Seriously, fuck Indiana.
Rant: The new facility manager just caught me not-quite-red-handed taking a nap in my office. Let's see if he keeps this to himself or if he tattles to my boss like a little bitch.
Rave: My Buckyballs came in today! EDIT: Rant: The package these came in is fucking impossible to get into. Fuck!
Note to colleagues: Being self-deprecating gets annoying if you are a loser and your life sucks. Basically then it's just whining, and whining all the time in fact. Note to self: As fun as it always is to call people out on stupid things, what does it really do, other than make them feel bad and make me feel superficially good. Would it be that hard to just let them whine, maybe reassure them, and move on? Going to try this.
Rave: Just got back from two weeks of playing cricket and getting paid to do it. RAAF are Australian Defence Inter-service chamions for 2010. Rave: Drinking rum from the trophy tastes so much better.
Rave: I fell in love today. She smokes my brand of cigarettes. If that's not a solid foundation, I don't know what is.
Rant: Combat Fitness Test tomorrow. I'm definitely not in shape for it. Rave: No flying or sims afterwards!! Rave: Marine Corps Ball on Saturday!!!! Oh and this, Rave: I finally bought a Michigan State hat after being graduated for a couple years. White on white with just our two logo's...gotta keep it clean.
I'm not sure this weekend could get any better. This afternoon I flew to Boston. They rerouted my flight because of bad weather in Philidelphia, I thought i was going to miss my connection, and ended up making it on the plane 4 minutes before they shut the door. On top of that I was upgraded to first class for free! I got to Boston, and checked into my hotel. I've been upgraded to the presidential suite. It is a 3000 square foot room. This fucking thing has 3 couches, two bedroom, a living room, foyer, two bathrooms (one with juccuzi), a full kitchen, dining room and office! The best part, the hotel room was free. Im staying on points! Now for the biggest Rave of all; the reason I am in Boston- me and my friend are working a beer festival all weekend. The annual BeerAdvocate.com Beligian Beer Fest! 100 different Belgian Beers, all free to me for volunteering! My dick is so hard right now, I may have to call a hooker and try one of these bed rooms out. Im considering a laxative so I can shit in both of these toilets as many times as possible!
Rant: Why do people feel the need to judge everything that is written on the boards? You post something that is intended to be funny, and the is always some PC pussy that feels it is necessary to tell you that you are a bad person for doing whatever you did. I am getting really sick of it. The pussification of America is enough to make me not want to do my job anymore. These boards are just becoming a reminder of that. I wish I could make a big simulation of life in this country once you liberal pussies finally get your way, and the rest of us can no longer be the brash, opinionated, strong willed people that this country was built on. I mean really this country would fall to shit if you take away the blanket of freedom that is provided to you.
RAVE: Brand spankin' new running kicks to break in. Fuck YES! Rave: Semi-vacation state the next few months, time for me to start a project of some sort or get cracking on some new literature.
Rave: Almost all done with X-mas Shopping. Rant: Just need something for my little brother, but sadly his girlfriend has pussy whipped him out of any opinions and or hobbies. Last year I got him the Collectors Edition of COD with the Night vision goggles, and she threw it away. I would just give him cash, but he'll just spend it on stupid shit for her, and I am completely against that. Rant: Still need paid from a job I did a month ago. Getting a bit antsy. Rave: I might get birthday sex this year.