RANT: I've had my nerve conduction test done. Seeing the neurologist afterwards, he explained that my peripheral nerves respond fine. Accordingly, the problem is most probably in my thalamus. In other words, on current medical knowledge, "you're fucked". RANT: I was trying out a Kinect at a friend's house on Friday night. Stuck my hand straight in the metal ceiling fan, like an idiot. Carried on anyway, like a champion. RAVE: This really should be a rant, but I need something. Bought Cataclysm. I thought I'd escaped World of Warcraft, but I was pestered/convinced into it. RAVE: I have my Big Day Out ticket and I don't need to fly. I used to be able to walk there. Also got my Deftones tickets, but need to book my ticket to fly.
RAVE: Met a new girl last night. She actually seems stable and has her shit together, unlike the past two girls I've dated. RAVE: Starting a contract proofreading job tomorrow. I get to work from home and set my own hours for the first time ever. RAVE: I have two final interviews coming up for full-time PR gigs. I've been job hunting since August, and I really hope I get offered at least one of them. RANT: None? I guess that everything seems to be going so well, I know inevitably something has to give.
Rave: Got a quarter of some pretty good herb for $60. Rant: Really wanna smoke right now but only got papers and it would feel like a waste to roll this shit up in a joint right now. Quite a dilemma. Rave: Downloading a copy of The Fighter right now because I cannot wait til Friday. Rant: I have a good feeling it will be a very shitty copy that I will turn off after five minutes, or itll just be a elongated David Hasselhoff music video or something equally gay.
Rave: Someone above me did the right thing and my department is now closed on Monday the 27th. Rant: Still have to work on Tuesday the 28th when barely anyone will be in the building.
Rave: After a train-wreck of a performance Friday night, the boys bounced back with a big win on the road yesterday. The season to this point has been a bitter disappointment, but here's hoping they can take the positives from this win and crank out a winning-streak. They have three games at home to end 2010, and all three by definition are ones they SHOULD win. Rave: Had our office Christmas Party Saturday. Not only did I get blindingly ass-backwards drunk, but I didn't throw up this year and piss the girlfriend off. She told me yesterday morning that I was funny, attractive and the 'perfect kind of drunk.' Awesome considering I don't remember much of the night. So far my co-workers all seem to agree. Rant: Not feeling very motivated today. I don't have any guests confirmed for my talk-show, and I'm tempted to just 'mail it in' and re-run an old episode. I justify it with the fact that I've worked my ass off in recent weeks, and probably DESERVE to leave work a little early today. In saying that, I'll probably end up staying at work and doing the show. I need to be kinder to myself.
Rant: Got up at 5:30 am to clear the driveway. Snow drifted over most of my driveway. There was about 2 feet of snow for most of it (and none in other areas), and it took 45 minutes to clear it. Wind Chill was negative 5. Fucking sucked. Rant: A drive that normally takes 45 to 50 minutes took an hour and 30 minutes today. I was sliding all over for most of it. I'd say at least 55% of my drive was on a sheet of ice. Rant: Final exam was 20 questions. Looked like my professor barely tried. Rave: Fucking easy. Aced it, should have an easy A for that class. Rant: Shitty drive home, but slightly easier than drive to class. All told, spent 2 hours and 45 minutes in my car for a 20 question, 10 minute exam. Rant: Not done driving, have to take my wife to her doctor today.
Rant Why doesn't Swiper ever put up a fight? All Dora has to say is "Swiper no swiping" and he runs like a little bitch. Verbal self-defense sounds good in theory.
MEGA RAVE: Yes Virginia, there IS a Santa Clause. He lives in Amsterdam and provides world wide stealth shipping!
Rant: Woke up early & put in a limit buy order on a particular stock this morning at $0.01 on a dip. She dropped down to $0.0102 at the ask. Order obviously didn't go through, and it jumped to $0.025. Rant: Missed out on an easy $1,500. Thanks Monday morning, you're about as gay as two fags.
Rave: Got drunk with my torts professor. Rave: He paid. Rave: Got home safe. Rant: Smashed my face against my front door.
Rant: Abraham, my big dog, had an upset stomach and hence diarrhea when I was at work. Rave: Bless his heart, he went to the laundry room, beside the floor drain (careful to avoid my new throw rug) and pooped where it was the easiest cleanup possible. If he was gonna be sick, at least he was a gentleman about it. Rave: Mortgage refinance was approved! Goodbye student line of credit, consumer debt and 'minimum monthly payments.' As of the new year, the only debt I will have is a mortgage. Rant: Went to my bank initially. They offered prime -0.15%. A friend is a mortgage broker and he ran the numbers - he got me a better deal (i.e. all of the debt absorbed) at PRIME -0.70%. I called my bank to say, "Thanks but no thanks," and the loan officer immediately said, "Oh, we can match that rate." I asked as to why she didn't offer me that rate at the BEGINNING, and she actually had the balls to say that the branch wouldn't be making money at this other rate, that their cost factors in "client relations" and things like rent on the building. The irony is that the new rate is with THE SAME BANK, just via a broker rather than the branch. This works out to thousands and thousands of dollars in my favour, and if I hadn't dug around I would be getting screwed over.
Rant The arctic blast has reared its ugly head. Rave Surprisingly the snow hasn't been as bad as I thought it would be, and the driving conditions are decent as of now. Rant These brutal wind chills...fucking COLD.
RANT: My brother asked me what I wanted for my birthday. I said I'd been looking for a decent shower radio with a clock. He said no prob, he'd research the best one and pick one up for me. Birthday rolls around, and he hands me a bag. I open it, and find a square muffin tin and a muffin cookbook. The tin obviously came from a bargain basement store and the book was obviously used. I don't entirely blame my brother, because I know who talked him out of the shower radio. My cheap sister in law. She has worn him down to a nub of a man. I feel sorry for him. Not only was she too cheap to let him get me a $30-40 radio, but she knows I like to bake from time to time and share what I make with them. Win-Win for her, Fail-Fail for me and my poor whipped brother.
Rave: Girlfriend got me an awesome page of original art from Invincible for my birthday. That's Robert Kirkmans' (the guy who writes The Walking Dead) super-hero comic. Rave: It's my Birthday.
Rant So I go into the bathroom to grab a roll of tp. I figure no one is in there because the door is cracked, the lights are off, and I hear nothing. So I assumed no one was in there. I was so fucking wrong. My mom was in there, passed out with her pants by her ankles. Fucking bitch took too many sleeping pills and that happened. Btw in case your wondering, I have mommy issues. I wonder fucking why. Btw I live at home because I'm currently unemployed. Also normally I wouldn't post this on the internet but its 12:30 and I'm flipping shit and have no one to talk to.
Rave: The girl I really like broke up with her boyfriend yesterday. (Something which was on the way for a while from the sounds of it) Rave: I was the one she messaged about it and then spent 3 hours with walking with. Rant/Rave: Ended up kissing her, however it was entirely the wrong time. We both wanted to, but at the same time knew that she needs to clear her head and decide what she really wants Rant: Why do I have to make these things so complicated damit Rave: Spending Wednesday with her and all day Friday (also cooking her dinner)
Rave: Cliff. Fucking. Lee. Rave: Heading home tomorrow on R&R....get to be in Philly for the holidays and will be heading to one of Boston/Montreal/Jay Peak for New Years. Can't wait. Rant: BAF tomorrow. Anyone who's been deployed to Afghanistan knows how much that place sucks.
RANT/RAVE: I started moving stuff into the new place. RAVE: GT5 RANT: The bad thoughts are coming back.
Rant: Well, as previous rants have alluded to, the time has finally come and my car needs to be replaced. This past weekend's downpour resulted in multiple shorted out ignition coils and possibly a shorted out transmission control module. I have it in the shop now and asked the guy to just get it running so I can either trade it in or sell it "as is." I already have an ad for it up on Craig's List. Hopefully when the mechanic calls me back today, it's an easy and (relatively) cheap fix and I can get rid of it for some money. Rant: I have to buy a new car right-the-fuck before Christmas. I've got plenty of money to put down and still have more than enough for presents, bills, etc, but the timing just sucks. Rave: New car coming soon (for those interested in giving advice, see auto thread).
Rave: Finished my first semester of grad school Rant: I have no idea if I passed any of my classes. This is going to be a hard couple of days before I get my grades