Rant: There are fucking 11-year-olds on fucking Facebook?? And parents who let their 11-year-olds be on Facebook?? What the fucking fuck?? Chris Hansen's gotta put food on the table just like everyone else, I guess...
Rant: Christ on a cracker, my middle to lower back hurts so much right now. Starting some time last week, my office chair and my back decided to have a nasty breakup. I've switched chairs, been sleeping with a pillow either under my legs when I'm on my back, or in between my legs if I am on my side, tried stretching, and nothing is working. When I am laying down, the pain goes away, but as soon as I get up, BAM. Rave: In two weeks, I will be heading to Germany and Switzerland for a glorious 12 days to see my fiancee. Those two weeks can't come soon enough! Hopefully said rant will go away while I am there and not sitting on my ass at work.
Rant: I woke up thinking today was Thursday. It's not. Rant: There's an incredibly loud and obnoxious woman at work who's going on about how her daughter is getting bullied at school by six girls. One of the girls recently punched her. Wtf?? Seriously? They're in 6th grade!!! When I was in 6th grade, if you didn't like a girl, you just wrote notes about her behind her back and talked shit. Now they're punching each other??? What's even worse is that this woman is going off calling these girls bitches and cunts to her daughter and telling her daughter how she needs to stand up for herself even if she gets suspended. Way to teach your kid to be the bigger person there, mom. I'm all for defending yourself, but sinking to the same level seems a little bit counterproductive. Rave: I don't have a mom like that.
Rave: My new job is pretty awesome, I keep getting all the samples of a billion products, I'm like a kid in a candy store. I work with some rad girls, which is a pleasant change. Rant: I decided to go blonde, it has been over a decade sinceI have been blonde. This is turning into a difficult process, my hair is resistant. At least this whole thing is costing me less than $5. Rave: I looks as if I am quite able to pull this color off very well.
The 8 year old had his music concert this morning. The lower school has a concert every year and each year has a different theme. This year's theme was "Woodstock". As I was standing there listening to a bunch of 3rd graders singing the theme song to "Hair" my mother lays out this bombshell, "Your father and I saw Hair in San Francisco in 1968." The backstory is long and not interesting, but the short version is; after getting married in 1963 my parents both worked like Trojans to get a Masters degree (my Mom) and a law degree (my Dad). In 1968 they took a belated honeymoon. The two of them spent the entire summer of 1968 in San Francisco. I had no idea. Not one damn clue. Kids, your parents are more interesting than you thought.
Rave: Oblivious people make me laugh. Right now, there is a protest and campaign to 'save' an English/Language Arts teacher at one of the local schools from being laid off. They're protesting the school once a week, sending out newsletters, and they have a facebook page, as well. The facebook page is full of posts by parents and students, none of whom are using even close to proper grammar or spelling. They plan to take the posts from the facebook page to the school board as proof that the teacher has "inspired students." Nothing like a bunch of facebook posts from his students with horrible grammar and spelling to say "this English/Language Arts teacher is doing his job!"
The Good: It's absolutely gorgeous outside today. The Bad: Because of the nice weather everyone has their windows down and music blasting. I had to sit at a light and listen to someone elses thumping music. Why so bad shegirl? It was fucking Creed. CREED. Gah. The Ugly: Arnolds mistress and his bastard Son.
Rant: What's with all the threads about babies? It makes waiting 7 more days until I know if I'm knocked up even more miserable. Rant: One of my favorite people in the whole world died this morning. Granted, she was 89 but it still sucks. Rave: (gotta have something good) Getting two paychecks Friday.
RAVE: The self-admitted smartest guy ever, Aetius, has successfully installed and run an Android emulator version of an "Hello World" application. I'll be alerting the media shortly.
Rant: Fucking God damn nonstop rain. I just love going into the basement to do laundry and hearing the splash as you get to the bottom step. Turn on the light and water everywhere. That was a fun waste of an hour with the dry vac. Rave: At least the basement has a cement floor. I would have had a meltdown if it was carpeted.
Rave:It is fantastic outside. Fan fucking tastic. It is 73F out. The perfect humidity. Monterey bay is glowing bright blue, and you can smell the sea on my patio. Not to mention, the smell of honeysuckle is overwhelming on the patio. It is perfect outside. And sadly, this will be the only day this year. Rant: Because summer is coming. Summer may be nice everywhere else, but here it is overcast all day, and never sees above 74 from June 1st to Sept. 20th.
We're having amazing weather down here too. It rained this past Saturday and a cold front swept in behind it. 75 and perfect humidity! One more month and we'll be in the 90s until November. I'm savoring it while I can.
Rant/Rave: Finally got around to playing DeathSmiles for the XBox. All I have to say is, what the fuck Japan? Seriously? The thing is, I absolutely LOVE hell shooters. Radiant Silvergun, Ikaruga, Gradius V, Mushihimesama Futari, can't get enough. Hell, I have the Ikaruga soundtrack on my Ipod especially for deadlifting days. However, I completely suck at them, and it takes me forever, even on Easy difficulty, to get anywhere, all the while screaming and/or crying at my TV. I might be a masochist and my neighbors probably think I'm a serial killer.
Rave: Flexeril and a nice sit in my jacuzzi tub in the master bath. My back is already feeling better! Rave: I bought this house exactly one year ago today, and I just found out that the jets in the tub can be adjusted for output strength by twisting them! My back just got a fantastic massage by closing most of them so the pressure increased on the ones behind my back!
Rave: Almost done with certifying on the equipment. All I need now is the VIDS (data-gathering system for windspeed, temp, etc for the controllers to mess around with) and all the assorted airfield stuff like runway lighting. Rant: I went home on leave about a month ago and went partying at my brother's college. There was a girl there who was into me, but it didn't go any further because she had a boyfriend. My brother called me today just to see how I was doing, and said, "Oh yeah. You know that girl that you met when you came back home? Her boyfriend dumped her a week after you left. She told me that she wished she'd fucked you." If I was just a complete and utter loser, I wouldn't be mad about not getting any. Depressed, but not mad. But I'm SO FUCKING CLOSE, and that makes it just freaking terrible.
RANT: Airspace brief tomorrow. Rave: The instructor is doing this brief for the first time, so it will be easy to wow him with my extensive knowledge and knowhow of the ins and outs of airspace. Rant: I really don't have extensive knowledge of airspace. Rave: But it's still his first time on the brief, so he doesn't have a baseline of how they go down. Rave: At least we're flying to Tallahassee.