Followup rant: I consulted with a senior member of my team for pointers and he said he'd log in and take a look today, and my manager has basically told him to piss off because "debugging this issue is my task" ...
Rave: The grant that has kept me employed for the past year expires at the end of next month, so I started looking for a new part time job for the fall semester. Didn't have to look too hard. My boss came in, handed me a new project and told me she could cover my employment on another grant. I get to design and write an online continuing education course that will be published on the university website.
My fucking dog has a fucking urinary tract infection and it's going to cost me $350 for analysis and meds. Fuck me - I hate vet bills.
Rave: I got my official acceptance letter into the sonography program! So happy that I'm finally on the path to a nicer life.
Rave: Awesome night with Mr. P, still sore from it. Still got up and ran 5 miles this morning. It feels so good to be healthy! Rave: It's a fucking beautiful day, and life is GREAT.
Grossness ahead. Don't say you weren't warned. Spoiler RANT: I feel fucking horrible. My sinus woke me up at 2am with that pleasant stabbing pain indicating that I'm getting sick. I've been swallowing decongestants like m&ms and the snot never ends. I keep sneezing every few minutes. What I don't sneeze up flows down my throat like a waterfall. This SUCKS. The left side of my face under my eye feels all swollen and fucked up. In addition to that, my brain is all foggy. Fuck. I can't even focus on TV. Shit, it took me over 5 minutes to type this out.
Rave:Going to see Incubus this September. I am very excited because I have always wanted to see them live. I'm not a huge fan of the new album because its too soft and doesn't keep my attention but the older stuff is great and I hope they play some of it. Also, RHCP has a new album coming out and I'm really hoping they do a US tour as well. They love touring in Europe and those dates are already scheduled but I hope they show some love in the states. Seeing them live in on my bucket list.
Rant: Am I the only guy that after getting a haircut has to IMMEDIATELY take a shower or will have a seemingly endless supply of hair clippings coming off of his head? I forgot I got my haircut a couple hours ago, ran my hand through my hair and now my chair has a shitload of little clippings.
More Rant: My boss has dicked my guaranteed offer/raise so I have to do another 3 month probationary period to successfully get my contractually guaranteed raise and bonus. What the hell.
Rant: I feel like I've had my knees knocked out from under me. I'm not panicking or crying or anything, I'm just...shocked I guess. I wish the next ten days weren't guaranteed work days. I'd like some time off so I can go clear my head. Fuck.
Rant: When i call a company that specializes in one particular car, not brand, but ONE car, I expect them to at least have a little knowledge. When i ask for 2 pieces in the exact same place, lets say you have a bolt, washer, bushing, washer, then a nut. When ask for the bolt and washers, explain to you where they are on the car. I expect it to be not to hard. How do you send me the right bolts, but the wrong fucking washers? How fucking stupid can people get. That is why i call you, because you are supposed to know. Now i got to contend with my customers. Rant/Rave/kind of sad: I had a customer come into the store today. He came from a competitor, they sold him the wrong parts, and couldn't get him the right parts. So he comes up here, with the old parts, the parts the competitor initially sold him. Told me what he wanted. I do some quick digging, find out what he needed. I don't normally stock that particular part, so i go to my competitors website, look up the part my customers needs, get the part number and give them a call. And what do you know, they have it in stock. Send the customer back down there(he needed to get going right away). Sad thing is all the guys at the other store have been doing this job for at least 20+ years. I am just about got 6 years in now, and it took me 5 minutes worth of work to find out what he needed.
Rant The girlfriend and I are done. Shit fell apart last weekend, and it's mostly because of me. She can't deal with the panic attacks/anxiety problems I've been going through. I'm not sure what might happen down the road with us, but fuck...this hurts. Rave Opening up to my family about everything thats going on, and telling them I'm making a change for the better felt really good. Recieved the best hug ever from my sister.
Rant: Red flashing light on my PS3. It turned back on just long enough for me to navigate the menu to the 'backup utility' area, and start the backup, before fucking up and dying again. It is like the thing is fucking with me. Rave: Got the movie disc out before it completely died. Rant: May have to send it back in for repair. Rave-ish: I had sent it in within one year ago, so it should be free to get fixed. Plus, I still have the shitty old hard drive that came with the system, so I can easily switch it out. Edit Rant: Nope, fucked. Can't back it up. Ugh.
Rave: Had what I took as a very successful first interview with a company today that's been on Inc Magazine's top 500 Fastest Growing Companies list, for a Sr. Developer position. I should know within the next couple days whether they want a second interview. This first one was somewhat of a technical interview, so the next one should hopefully be more of a formality. If all goes well I'll only miss out on just over half a month's break in pay and have 4+ weeks "off" and perhaps a couple hundred in unemployment to show for it. Rave: Still have half a bottle of this:
RANT: Screw you TLC. Screw you and your manipulative, lowest common denominator show, Surprise Homecoming. It's like you know my cycle and made me flip by this channel, right after I had wiped up my tears from that other piece of crap, Family Jewels and a babysitter website commercial. I think we need to have a thread for the best PMS music. Please God, let me bleed already. (If anyone says anything mean to me about talking about my period on the internet, I will hunt you down and kill you in your sleep, record it and post it on the YouTube thread as a warning to the other Idiots. Try me.) EDIT: Here's an extra big FUCK YOU for throwing in some clips of the dogs greeting their homecoming military owners. I'm just done.
WTF: last night of our trip amd my brother just dropped a bombshell on all of our friends/family. I feel like my heart is breaking into about a million pieces and beig stomped upon. I need another bottle of wine.
Rave: I just got a spam email with the subject heading, "The Energy to Load Sluts." I love the complete absence of coherence and subtlety--like the writer just threw darts at a board filled with sex buzz words and came up with it. It could've just as easily been "Slut Load Energy...NOW!"
Rave: Apparently someone The Girlfriend works with has some 2 week old lab puppies they are giving away, which means in about 3-4 weeks when they are old enough, we may be getting a new puppy. A lab and a bulldog in an apartment may be a bit much, but The Girlfriend is such a huge dog lover and has wanted another one for a long time now, so I doubt she will be able to resist. Plus, free lab puppies, how can you turn that down?