Rave: I survived Wakarusa and now it's back to the grindstone. Sitting in an air conditioned office isn't so bad after camping in a field for 4 days in almost 100 degree temperatures and no wind. Rave: Out of all the good bands I saw, Micheal Franti and Spearhead really surprised me by putting on a great show.
RANT: Jesus Christ! It is too fucking hot out! Can't do a damn thing and there is much to be done. It's been 90 or above for almost two weeks now. ENOUGH! RAVE: My son's little league team is undefeated on the season and trophies are to follow soon!
Rant It's way to hot out to be sitting in an office wearing this monkey suit. "Heat Storm" fades; Cool front now; 40 degrees cooler Friday? Rave Ladies, I'll gladly put up with this heat as long as you keep wearing those sundresses and strappy heels.
RAVE: Got promoted at work - new caseload, my own office and a supervisor that knows what she's doing! RAVE: Best friend of 20 years is getting married Saturday. Which means I'm up in the dirty Jersey for the next 5 days. Taylor ham has already been consumed, next up is pizza. RAVE: Tomorrow - Yanks/Sox with the brother. RAVE: Friday - Southern boy is flying in. He's my +1 at the wedding. Hotel sex to follow. Nothing to rant about!
Rave: Wheels finally came in!! Getting them put on Friday or Saturday. Rave: Two flights tomorrow, both low low low level at 200' above the ground, 100knots. Rave: After tomorrow, Ten flights, one sim left!!
Rave: The surgery went well. Turns out that I do indeed have endometriosis and my uterus has attached itself to my abdominal wall! My doc cleaned it all up, and I am now home, high as a motherfucking kite feeling like someone kicked me in the stomach with steel toe boots. Ouch.
Rave: Have a follow up meeting with the same business tomorrow. Very positive feedback. No objections to the rate bump I asked for. Hot damn. This will be about 105% above what I was on in February. Rant: Golden Handcuffs beat the crap out of regular wage slavery, but it's still another boring ass job in Corporate IT. Why can't I make this kind of money without having to do something unpleasant? #firstworldproblems #thingswhitepeoplebitchabout Rant: My problems are now officially my marriage recently ended, I'm unsatisfied with my very well paying career, and despite an awesome income - my financial position is reminiscent of the biological waste bin of an abortion clinic. I am offically a fucking cliche. Rant/Rave?: Just talked to my dad. He's had a 50% pay bump since February himself. He was already in the low end of the 'mid six figure' range. A 50% paybump for him is more than my total income will be if I get this job. We do basically the same thing - he's just got 20 years more credibility than I do. Puts my ego fairly solidly in it's place though.
Rave:A cousin of mine is getting married this weekend and I am going to the wedding. Another cousin is paying for a hotel room for us at the wedding site, which is awesome because the place is expensive. (He and his wife are loaded. She owns the St. Hubert's restaurants for you Canadian folks)
RANT: We're having severe thunderstorms. My dog (see avatar) is a giant pussycake who panics when there is thunder. It is also about 80 degrees in the house as it was 100 degrees out today. He is a slobbering, drooling sissy. Who wants to lay. On. Me. Yes, that's pleasant. RANT: Fuck it's hot. I will take 100 in Cali over 80 in Rhode Island any day. I have lived in Cali, Phoenix and RI. You know the whole, "at least it's a dry heat" shit? It's true. Humidity fucking sucks. RANT: My day has sucked enough that I have nothing to rave about, nothing at all.
SUPER RANT: Red Sox > Yankees in Yankees Stadium. What is it? 6? 7? 8? straight losses to the Sox at home? I hate to say it but I feel officially pwned at this point. Awful.
HAHA Rave: As mentioned previously, I have been dabbling on Fetlife. Someone sent me this message, I can hardly read it without wondering if he's a challenged twelve year old. Can we have a thread to make fun of messages like these? Whether it's fb , dating sites, fetlife- there is so much fun to be had....
Rave I get to see Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner tonight! I wish I could say that I'm only excited because it's professionally relevant (degree in economics, career in customer insights and analytics), but I can't - I read things like Marginal Revolution for fun in my spare time. /nerd
Rave: (Just for Nett): Greatest headline ever. "Flying bear kills two Canadians in freak accident". This is gonna make me chuckle all day. Just the visual alone.
Rave: This weekend I competed in (and finished) the Warrior Dash . This is a 5k that is ran in the woods, and features obstacles (swim through a pond, craw through 40 yards of mud under barbed wire, climb over big huge cargo net, etc) staggered through out it. It was a very hilly course, and it rained the night before, so this made it really muddy. The hills were what I invision hell to be like. I hate going up hills. The mud made every one step more like 3. The only reason I did this is because I had friends telling me there was no way I could do it. In recent months I've been trying to be healthy, exercise more, and not drink as much. This is done in the interest of living a life that extends beyond 45. This was part of it. It gave me a goal to shoot for and a reason to exercise. I finished really far down the pack (like almost last). My back hurts really bad. My knees are the size of grapefruits. I have cuts and scrapes all over my body. I've taken 7 or 8 showers since then, and am still finding mud in places. Why is this a Rave? Because I did it. I finished. I didn't skip any of the obstacles. I may have been terrible, but I did it! That beats the shit out of everyone that didn't participate. This event makes me actually want to train harder, and cut my time in half (yes you read that right, I did that bad). It gives me a goal to work on throughout the year. And I am doing another one in Spetember. Bigger Rave: My girlfriend (who is in way better shape than me) could have finished this thing 20 minutes faster if she didnt stay back and cheer me on through the spots I was having issues with. I apologized profusely for being so out of shape and hurting her time so bad. She would hear none of it. It feels good to be loved. Anyway, the moral of the story is- If you have a Warrior Dash happening in your area (seriously, check the website, they do them all over the place) do it. It was the most fun I have had that didn't involve snowboarding or getting blackout drunk in years. The after party is killer too. They serve beer and turkey legs and have live bands playing. Just do it.
Rave: Finally got an opening at Lucky Strike (thanks for the tip from a year ago, Primer!) to go get my new tattoo done this afternoon. Rant: This has quite possibly been the coldest spring/early summer I can personally remember. Today isn't bad, but it's been 95% shit so far this season. Where the fuck is my patio weather?
Rant Layed out in the sun this past Monday, thinking to myself "I'm going to skip the sunscreen today...I need to get a tan quicker." A few hours later and I have the skin hue of Pauly D and beyond. I've been a red, ripe tomato all week. At least the pain is almost gone today. Rave It's been hot as shit this week. No complaints. A/C is working. Rave Job interview tomorrow. I kind of feel like I've been job hopping lately, but I'm thankful I got a chance to get back to work this quick. Rave Best friend is coming into town for the weekend...rock n roll.