RANT: I'm still a little wobbly and lightheaded. If only I knew a bewonderful woman to do all my dishes and laundry.
Rave: So if 3 cookies are 120 calories, I just now pounded out close to 1000 calories of delicious Chessmen butter cookies. I'm on vacation bitches, I regret nothing.
Rant: I got my final bill from AT&T yesterday. It was for $1850.00. It's normally about $40. Spoilered for length: Spoiler When I relocated my office, AT&T did not offer DSL service in my new location. 37 months ago, I had signed a 36 month contract for combined DSL & long distance / loca phone service to get a good rate. Waaay back 3 years ago, when I signed the contract, I was hesitant, because I knew I might move. The sales lady assured me that I could break the contract if AT&T didn't offer service where I moved. I asked her to put that in writing. She did. She also told me the contract would automatically renew for another 36 months, unless I sent them a signed note (3 years ago) saying I didn't want it to renew. I did. I went to my files, pulled out copies of the contract documents and letter. Took the time out of my day to call, get on hold, wait for a call back, etc. I told AT&T of their error. The Customer No-service lady I was speaking with was going on about how I broke the contract and had to pay for the remaining months. I calmly told her that she was mistaken, and I would give her a chance to check her records before I started faxing documents to her supervisor. She told me to hold on. She came back a few minutes later, and said it was all taken care of. Rave: Turns out they actually owe me $25 instead.
Rave: Study material reimbursement check coming in on Dec 15. Rave: Quarterly bonus and exam passing bonus coming in on Dec 31st. Rant: This will be on top of salary so I am going to get ass raped on taxes on the 31st. Rave: With these interest rates who the fuck cares, my tax return will be sick. Rave: Parents are probably giving us an ipad for Christmas. Everything's coming up Frank!
Rave: Decided I was out of shape, so I joined the local Y to get back into a swimming routine. Rant: Everything I've ever heard about old guys at the Y is true. Everything.
Rant: Fucking dyslexic tub of lard wrote a design document that reads like it came out of a cat's ass. I'm supposed to review and comment on it, but I have no idea what the fuck he wrote. Unbelievable.
Rave: It's Christmas time, bitches! I always get pretty excited when this time of the year rolls around. Christmas movies, Christmas music, Holiday parties with friends, driving around and looking at Christmas lights with The Girlfriend, it's all great. Only during this one month+ of the year can I listen to Mariah Carey, Amy Grant and Kenny G on the same day and love every damn minute of it. Time to get back to working on my Spotify Christmas playlist.
Rant: Patrice O'Neal died this morning. <a class="postlink" href="http://www.tmz.com/2011/11/29/patrice-oneal-dead/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.tmz.com/2011/11/29/patrice-oneal-dead/</a> His half-hour HBO special from a couple years ago is one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. I have it DVR'd and watching it at least once a week.
Rave: The roommate I've complained about before has decided to move out at the end of December. And, since I'm a pussy who hates confrontation, I had been procrastinating "gently suggesting" that he move out myself slash slowly resigning to the fact that I was just going to have to deal with a lame roommate for a year, so I got what I want without drama. Hurray! Also, one of my friends really, really wants to move here in January and seemed to be kind of annoyed with me when I saw her for Thanksgiving that I hadn't put the plan to kick him out so she could have the room in motion. So, more hurray! Rave: I had to get a bone densitometry last week to see if anything bad was happening to my bones after being on the Depo shot for five years. If the test showed any bone loss, I would've had to switch to my last birth control option, one of the two IUDs, which I really don't want to use. But, I got the results last night and my bones have all of the density. Hurray! Rave: The Mortified show I'm in is on Thursday, and while I'm totally panicking at the idea at times, I'm really excited. Hurray! Rant/Rave: I keep getting hit with more and more bad news, so even though these raves are fairly little, they still feel really good.
Rant: Took a giant, messy shit at lunchtime today and had to wipe with paper towels. Rave: It was in a public bathroom. This means 3 things: First, I get to pat myself on the back for having had the foresight to check the toilet paper situation before sitting down and going to get paper towels when I saw that the few shreds of TP remaining would be entirely inadequate; second, the industrial-strength public toilet most likely handled the paper towels with no issues; third, if it didn't, it ain't my problem.
Rant: This week just got 10x more complicated because ops wants 5 people to be ready to fly one week from today. There's about two weeks worth of work crammed into four days for us now. Rave/Rant: I might be flying my first flight before the end of the year. Rant: This helo is infinitely more complicated than the one I used to fly and knowing everything about it is next to impossible. Rave: Victoria Secret Fashion Show makes everything better.
Rave: To Nom, and the other people who suggested Open Office in response to my post in the wish list thread, thanks a lot! It seems to be everything I was needing.
RANT: Pin-headed pricks who bitch and moan about their food being cold when they order takeout. Hey there dipshit, we aren't a fucking takeaway. There's a lovely bar, a shitload of comfortable seating, and a half dozen servers ready and willing to take care of you. All you have to do is sit the fuck down and relax. In a hurry? Eat elsewhere. Plenty of quick and tasty options here in the downtown area. Don't waltz into a pub and expect a meal you're going to be eating later to be as good as one you sit down for. RAVE: The owners feel the same as I do. It's pleasing to work for men and women who aren't a bunch of rip-roaring pussies, and have the balls to tell these backward-ass fucks what's what.
Rant: Waking me up and keeping me up until 2 a.m. was not a kind thing to do. Son of a bitch today is foggy.
RAVE: Just ordered Happy Hour for Amateurs on Kindle to read for commute home. RAVE: Mark Cuban has released his new book [How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It] for £2.14! RAVE: Upgrading from my Crapberry that I have had for two years to an Iphone 4S this weekend. RAVE: Pay day today ---------------------------------------------------- RANT: Philalawyer.net is down, so not being able to read old posts whilst at work to get me excited about reading his book. RANT: Christmas is soon approaching which will dent my pay day happiness - Bah Humbug!
RANT: My schedule for the next month: Islam & WP paper presentation on Nov 30. (this is in like 4 hours) Civil War 20 pg paper due on Dec 5. Middle East exam on Dec 6. RCP paper presentation on Dec 6. RCP 20-30 pg paper due midnight Dec 12. Contemp final at 12:30pm on Dec 17. Islam & WP 20 pg paper due at 5:00pm on Dec 20. Middle East I final at 12:30pm on Dec 20. I haven't started any of this yet. I suck.
RAVE We moved into a new office building a couple of months ago that is way nicer than our old building. RANT The men's bathroom at the new building is a little strange. There are two urinals and one stall for the whole floor. The stall walls go very low to the ground making it hard to see if it is occupied, which means a few times a week while doing my daily "reading", someone tries to barge in. Very unsettling to have so many turd burglars in the office.
Rant: The girl that works in the next office is describing to another girl how her sister was sexually assaulted as a teenager in sickening detail. Christ bitch, who do I have to rape to enjoy my afternoon coffee in peace around here?
RANT: Trying to find a new gym and its either the Mega-Gym* style for $20 a month or the Crossfit or "real gym"* style for $200+ a month. One faggy gyms response to my no DL area inquiry said I could do them on the Smith machine. What. The. Fuck. *Mega-gym = Golds gym, 24 Hour etc. Places that have more ellipticals then free weights and frown on things like dead and squats. *Real gym = lots of free weights, tire flipping, rope waves etc.