RAVE: Vacation starts tomorrow! RAVE: When I get back I close on my first house! RANT: These damn house things are expensive.
Rave: It's almost 6AM, I finish work at 7am. Done 4 nights in a row which is killing me as I'm a night porter (such a gay job description) in a city centre hotel, I practically see no-one all night. I man reception, the only member of staff in the building and speak to pretty much no-one for 8 hours. Four nights in a row and you start going a bit weird. Should get home for 9AM, and if my mums not in I'll grab a few beers drink them then go to sleep. If she was in I think it would upset her if I started drinking at 9am. Got tickets to see my favourite trotskiest comedian tonight too so should be a good weekend. Red dot away KuMaster Edit: Where's the drunk thread?
RANT: We're currently undergoing an audit at work, so I've requested the requisite files from all the offices. In my request I specifically said "make sure all files are up to date and everything is on then". 95% of files received so far have missing documents that have turned out to either be in another file or on their computer. I don't know how these fuckers keep breathing. RANT: I arrive at work to find our reception has brought her grandson into work, unannounced. My brother spoke to her in the kitchen and she apparently got lumped with him because his mother "had to work". His reply was, "What? You mean like you have to?" I reinforced it by calling her into my office and telling her it never happens again. I have no idea what possesses people to even think that it's acceptable. To add insult, the little kid's never been away from his mother and overtired. Spent a couple of periods crying and screaming before passing out on the floor where she let his sleep, without even a pillow. Poor little guy was alternately bored and scared out of his mind.
Rant: Japan got rocked by an 8.9 earthquake and tsunami just an hour or so ago and the video on CNN.com is unfucking real. Homes on fire as they wash inland. Fucking dudes on a bridge as the water hauls ass by. I was yelling at my PC for those guys to get the fuck out! Rave: That video has messed me up. Going home soon to hug the wife.
RANT: My fucking tire exploded on the goddamn freeway. I thought I hit a big rock, but no, my tire exploded. I get my car in for maintenance once every 6-8 weeks and the fuckers did not say I needed new tires. Looks like it wasn't my fault or theirs though: a big hole in the bottom indicates it got punctured rather than worn down. RAVE: Limped off the freeway to a parking lot and AAA got a spare on lickety split; even put air in it for me. Was only a mile from the mechanic. Hopefully it will get fixed tomorrow when they open.
Rant: My nemesis that runs the other division here is trying to convince the owner that we NEED to bring running equipment to a small trade show. A month ago it was decided that we were going video + web display and controls demo. No equipment. It saves us about $25k to forgo bringing equipment in (cost of rigging, shipping, power, transport, etc). Now they want to change direction at the last minute and the kicker... Hey Fawkes why don't you organize it? Rave: My response. "Bwahahahahaha!" Click. (dial tone). No fucking way. I ain't that dumb. Rave: All my Southern automotive customers are getting busy again. Should be spending a fair amount of April & May in the Carolinas, Georgia & Alabama. Perfect timing to avoid shitty New England spring.
Rave: Headed to VT for the weekend to hang out with my roommate from college. No skiing, but I will be watching the US Open at Stratton. Oh, and drinking...definitely drinking.
RAVE: It's beautiful outside! RANT: Fucking blizzard starting at 5:00 till tomorrow morning. RANT: Been feeling a bit put off this week. RANT/RAVE: I have the urge to buy something, not sure what though. I've really been eyeing the Bose Quiet Comfort 15's though...
RANT: Cell company is playing games. According to them, I must not have paid my bill last month, because this month's payment is double the usual amount. I paid the usual amount, check my bank account, and not only did I pay lost month, but they charged me for another payment that I never authorized. This means I get to wake up early tomorrow to call them and ask exactly what they're high on, and generally rip someone a new asshole if this isn't straightened out quickly.
RAVE: I think I got a new job. I mean, I know I did. They said, "We're going to offer you the job." I'm just waiting for them to e-mail the offer sheet. Unless the pay rate is offensively low, I'm going to accept it. Back to full-time newspaper writing for this guy! Finally, instead of having to launch into a half-ashamed explanation of what I do for a living (work from home editing technical Web copy for an online company), I can just say I'm a newspaper reporter and be proud of it. DOUBLE RAVE: New job translates to me having some disposable cash, so it looks like an REI spending spree is in order for this weekend. Snowshoes should be on sale this time of year. RAVE: Got assigned to my team for spring kickball, and it's 11 girls and 7 dudes. I like that ratio. I played kickball once before in Boston and it was like fishing with fucking dynamite. On a less creepy note, I'm excited to branch out from my established circle and meet fun new people.
Rant: Weekend ops.... Rave: Consist of my first of three Tactics flights!!! High speed approaches, confined area landings, external load ops, high speed, low altitude passes!! These are the three most fun flights of flight school!!!!!
Rave: It's a beautiful 70 degrees in west central MO. I had the sunroof open and my radio cranked up today, glorious. Rant: I haven't been spending near enough time on TiB lately. Rave: I'm going to remedy that tonight by hanging out with you jackals on the drunk thread. Rant: I'll be posting in the drunk thread, but I'll be sober. Rave: I think it's a Lonesome Dove kind of night. It's been months since I've watched it and I think it's high time for a rewatch.
Rant: Spent all day playing secretary redoing the linking of our spreadsheets to our reports. It's fucking stupid that you can move a cell and all it's references in Excel follow, but the links to Word don't. Rave: If things go according to plan we'll be able to spend more time on the numbers and worry less about the minutia of report editing.
Rave: Today is a depressing day for reasons I don't feel like getting into, so I was all prepared to be in a gloom today, but it ended up being a really awesome day. Hurray! In fact, I can't stop smiling. (This is partly due to the fact that I've been drunk for the past couple of hours.)
Rant: For the last two weeks I've been battling a raging chest infection. I get them about once per year, and they are brutal. My record is three months of coughing till the point of vomiting before my lungs finally healed. Surprise Rave: I called my doctor and she was able to see me within 45 minutes of the call. Typically she books one to two months in advance. Double Rave: For the first time since I bought black market antibiotics in Morocco, a doctor has perscribed a medicine that works. Biaxin rules...that shit is like a nuclear bomb in the lungs. After the first day I felt better, and on the fourth day (now) I'm at 80%. Bestest Rave: Due to the medicine and one of the absolute shittiest weeks ever, I've slept like garbage every night. Not tonight, though! I had the best. Sleep. EVER. One of those ones where you don't remember passing out and you wake up with the sun shining and totally refreshed. Amazing what that does to how you feel and your frame of mind. I realize how mundane this R&R post is, but it's the small things that make me happy right now.
Rave: Signed a lease yesterday! Two more months in this place and then I'm gone. I love it. The location is awesome, the price is awesome, and it's within walking distance of some really cool places. I'm excited, and stoked that the search is over!
Rave: Spring break! Rant: I'm old, so it's not like I get to go to Florida or some such place. Rave/Rant: I get to work on finishing our basement. Rant: With my foot being broken, it's at 2/3 speed.
Rave: Got a letter from the Student Finance Services yesterday and instead of being a bill, it turned out to be a massive refund check. Rant: The check was for overpayment. Wtf?