RAVE: I was clicking my daily reads and this popped on Go Fug yourself. I find it oddly hilarious and can't stop giggling. I've never seen it before. Apparently I'm very easily amused.
RANT: So all that money I won for winning my company's March Madness pool was sent from our headquarters in a confidential sealed envelope (not hinting at all to the fact that there was cash inside) to the wrong branch office. No big deal, they'll just forward it to my office. Sometimes inter-office stuff gets mixed up. It happens. Well, today the envelope came with all of the shit that was supposed to be forwarded except the envelope with my lump of cash. I called the branch office and talked to the nice lady who forwarded everything to us and she said that all but one envelope was sent to us, the other was sent back to HQ because she didn't recognize the name. If it's not found at HQ in this afternoon's UPS shipment, someone stole $350 from me. And then I have to play who-stole-my-fucking-money. Rave: Luckily, if I do have to play that game, I'll have the owners on my side. I work with them daily and they love me. If someone did steal it, they're so fucked.
Rave: Fellow smokers of TiB who shower me with hilarious stoner reps, I SALUTE YOU. I used a 1L coke bottle, a skinny paper towel roll, a sharp knife, six pieces of chewed gum and a tray of ice to create the ultimate makeshift bubbler. Seriously, I almost set off our apartment fire alarm.
RAVE: Money was sent back to HQ. It's being overnighted to an Exec. in this office tonight to make sure that anyone who saw my name as the winner and sees the thick envelope with my name on it can't put two and two together. Should I make it rain five dollar bills in the office tomorrow?
Rave: Back in my day I could buy an ounce (28.3 grams) for $40.00 - roll 50 joints, sell 40 at a buck a piece for my next ounce and have 10 for my head. So what does a gram cost these days?
Rave Was productive today, got things done, had an on the spot interview for a new job...I wasn't exactly ready for that but it went pretty smooth. Rave Indians sweep the BoSox...I know its only the first week of the season, but I see it as a very good sign of things to come. Rave Getting the car brakes and starter fixed tomorrow for an extremely low price. Rave/Rant?? Meeting the girlfriend's mom on Saturday. Time to lay the charm on.
TMI medical gross rave, but I have to yell it to the sky how happy I am: RAVE: Spoiler I no longer have a catheter in!!! After seven days of torture, the fucking thing is removed and I am a normal person again. Catheters are everything you imagine they would be...I hope I never have to have one again. Rave: Doctor says I'm healing just fine. Rant: Alas, no sexual activity for a month on his orders. Still, life is grand right now.
Rave: Final interview for that video store job tomorrow, should be mostly negotiating pay and discussing technical stuff. Manager said I was pretty much in pending I don't completely offend HER boss. Rave: Student teaching issue is getting resolved. They'd fucked up my application and forgot to include that I have Economics as part of my major, which was making it harder for her to find a student teaching spot. When she added Economics, she immediately found a teacher for me to work with at the closest school to my home that I can work at.
RANT: FUCKING BITCHES AND SHIT.* Why in good god's name did I just spend an hour talking on the phone? I hate the phone. I don't like listening to other people rambling on the phone. Fuck this shit. *Fucking is an adjective, not a verb, in this sentence.
Rant: I think I might die in this fucking office. It's 1:30am right now and I'm still only halfway through the assignment that I committed to finishing tonight. Silver lining: No class tomorrow, so at least I can sleep in as late as I want.
Rave: I'm engaged. The proposal went off without a hitch earlier this week! Looks like I'll be tying the knot in the Summer of 2013. Rant: Does anybody else work with a guy who never shuts the fuck up about news headlines? The guy who feels compelled to tell you his opinion on every single item of news in the world? Ahhh! He's still doing it. Shut up! Rave: Tonight I'm going to fire up the barbecue, buy a 12-pack of beer, and probably burn one or two with my friends and the future Mrs. Voice. Hot damn do I love the weekend.
Rant/Rave: I've come to the conclusion that my priorities are completely fucked right now. I spend too much of my home time watching TV or on the internet. I spend too little of my weekends doing things I love. I'm not sure how I arrived at this point. I've spent my life on in the woods, or on a lake, or reading. Now I spend my life being bombarded by media and noise. Rant because I got here. Rave because I'm changing it. Right now.
Rant: So I'm covering the early shift this morning. I'm down to 4 hours of sleep. I went to McDonald's to get a coffee and a McMuffin. Well apparently this particular illegal immigrant failed the "Secure the lid on the hot cup of coffee" phase of training. Naturally, I spilled it on my crotch and nearly caused an accident as I'm being neutered by caffeine. 7 more hours to go. Edit: Rave: Free tickets to Opening Night at Safeco! Today is not as shitty as I thought it was.
Rant: up at 1:30 on a Friday at home, doing a Land Law assignment Rave: the six pack of James Squire Golden Ale i had while watching the footy, and the half-bottle of Reynella 16 yr old port i've had since then, which have made my writing much easier
Rave: Baseball game with The Dude tonight! (No, not Jeff Bridges...) Rant: Political fuckery that I'm not allowed to mention. But seriously- I am extremely sad for everyone who doesn't get paid until certain groups can remove their heads from their collective asses. I don't want to think about how awful it must be for everyone doing precisely the right thing (waking up, going to work/combat, doing a kickass job, logging overtime when asked, etc.) to know that, through no fault of their own, they're not getting compensated for a while. I'd be devastated. I wish there was something I could do to help...