Rave: Hours playing inthe Platte River yesterday, tubing with my boys. Rave? Hella tan, I never remember to reapply sunblock. Hopefully I am impervious to skin cancer. Real Rave: The "publisher" that I was trusting turned out to be a flop. I was rather depressed about my writing for a while. Yesterday I got a wild hair up my ass and started posting my novel in chapters on my facebook. The feedback I have gotten has reinspired me, especially the heartfelt messages from people who never "knew" what my life was.
Rant: My girlfriend is having a shitty week, and since I love her and all it is wearing off on me making my week pretty shitty. She moved in with a friend for a few months to save money. This makes her feel homeless. While we were moving her stuff, her cat apparently got spooked and pissed on her bed, now she has to buy a new one. Her cat doesn't get along with her friends cat. Now she has to find something to do with hers for those two months. And finally she texted me to tell me she got a speeding ticket today. I feel shitty because there is nothing I can do but be there to support her. And I hate seeing her so down and depressed. Rave: Motley Crue and Poison tonight! I just wish I had a mullet grown out already. I don't care how gay you think they are. I also don't care how washed up and sold out they are. My god I often feel I was born a generation too late. Today is one of those days when I get to prove I was right. Rave: Paul McCartney on Thursday. I am taking her to the two concerts mentioned above. I'm really hoping that this brings up her spirits somewhat.
Rave: Wrapped up 1 of my 3 summer classes last night. I'll finish my 3 literature reviews due next week today, then all I have is one more paper and one final next week. Then, 2 weeks off from classes. Rant: My wife is having a hysterectomy during that hiatus. Recuperation from surgery AND hormonal disturbances. Throw in a heatwave, why don't you. Oh, wait... Speaking-of-the-weather-rant: 107 here yesterday, a new record. 102 right now, expected high of 110.
Rave: Today's high was forecast to be 99. As of 2:30, it's only 92. Did I mention that it almost never snows here? I love Georgia.
Rave: Central Coast California. Supposed to be mid to low 90s today, no humidity, no bugs. Sometimes in the winter it gets down to the 40s. If I won the lottery tomorrow, I would buy a place where I already live.
Rave: The ballcrushing 'not allowed to ask for help' bullshit project, I think I finally got it sorted out and working. I feel like I'm going to cry, this shit almost (and still may yet) have cost me my job, but fuck it it's done* *except for me scripting something to start and stop the goddamn database. Whatever.
RANT It's supposed to be 106 degrees today in KC. RANT Exactly six months ago, it was below zero with a foot of snow on the ground in KC. RAVE I would much rather put up with the heat than deal with the cold.
This isn't the fucking weather channel. We get it. It's hot/humid/cold/whatever. Stop with the stupid.
Rave: Maybe it's because it's hot as balls outside. Maybe I'm getting sick. Maybe my A/C is broken. (Unlikely since it's brand new). Whatever the reason, my thermostat is set at 78 degrees and it feels a little chilly. I don't ever want to leave. All the comfort without the guilt of impending electricity bill doom.
Rant: I had a sweat bead drip off my forehead when I left my air conditioned office to get lunch today. DON'T YOU DARE MARGINALIZE MY DISCOMFORT! Probably not nearly as bad as what you did, but at my GF's grandparent's anniversary I loudly informed her cousin who was putting ice cubes in her red wine that they had a special short bus for people like her. My GF's dad laughed his ass off while the GF's cousin's parents asked why I was being so harsh.
Rave my best friend is ouse sitting and i get to s=come along because iam awesome. tequila. lots of it. lime gice and crystal like t limeaid. IT'S TIME TO GO CANOUING!!! ?BRB!!
This will be me in 48 hours. Rave: Leave for Vegas at this time tomorrow. Thank god! I rarely take vacation so this is sorely needed. Rave: GF has been back on the pill for a month now and Vegas was her milestone. Finally don't have to use condoms anymore. I actually enjoy feeling sex so you can imagine my excitement.
RAVE: I'm meeting the boy's parents this weekend. RANT: The Yankee ginger is meeting the Southern Boy's southern parents this weekend. I am terrified. They'll probably insult me and I'll never know it, bless my heart. RAVE: Someday he'll understand my nervousness when he flies up to the motherland and meets my balls to the wall loud as fuck NJ Italian family.
RAVE: Dad just told me he's booked a 12 hour Sturgeon trip for me, Mom, and him. He's also booked a spot for my best friend, as well, his treat. RAVE: Just called the best friend at the office, he was in a meeting. I told the receptionist that it was an emergency. He got to the phone and said "what the hell kind of emergency could you have that you need to pull me out of a meeting with a client!?!?" "Friday, 7:20am at my place. STS Guiding. Sturgeon up to Hell's Gate. 12 Hours. You bring the drinks and breakfast, we've got everything else." "FUCK YEAH! Totally acceptable emergency. Totally made my shitty week a hell of a lot better. Call with those emergencies any time." He just texted me that the receptionist doesn't approve of our concept of a "good emergency". "Fuck the cunt" he says.
Rave: 500 lb box squat. Life is good. Rave: Renewed my lease today. Keeping the same rate as last year. Rave: I love you Taco Bell. I can get a full meal for $5. Rave: Jeanne D'Arc came today for my PSP. Heard nothing but good things. I am very excited.
Rave: I made a brilliant late term abortion in a blender joke. It went over really, really well. hahahahaha, they may not have laughed on the outside...
Rant: I've been racking computer stuff for about 15 years now. I started doing it as a side job in highschool. I've never seen a rack distort so that kit won't fit before the above post. Today, working back late to make a change, I saw it again. WTF. Details spoilered for nerd. Spoiler This rack is distorted left to right instead of front to back, it's 10mm to narrow to install kit in. It's a cabinet mounted unit that's welded to posts that are sunk into structural concrete. The front of the cabinet (which is full and I can't touch) is the right size, but the back is fucked. I can't just put $10k worth of shit on the floor, I can't sit it on top of the UPS - that thing is already failing and I can't shut this kit down when they work on the UPS. I HAVE to mount this kit in that comms rack to get switching through to our other room. If this was happening to someone else, I'd laugh, and assume that someone they work with is fucking with them.
That's not a diner, that's a plate of food, but okay... Rant: It's only 8:30 and one of the fat ladies from my office already had to go away in an ambulance for troubled breathing. Great, now she can't pay me back the $5 she owes me for pizza from yesterday. Cunt. Rave: A new hot girl started yesterday and shes stunningly beautiful. I can't wait to go home and tell my girlfriend about it.