Rant: This bi-polar weather is making me so sick. I can't breath, my eyes are watery, I'm sneezing, etc. It's 30 degrees one day and 55 the next. Today it's mild and raining out. I don't understand what's going on, but I definitely hate Pennsylvania. All I want to do is go home and cuddle on the sofa and catch up on my DVR (Real Housewives of OC...whatever, don't judge). And of course drink some wine. I'm sure that mixed with the NyQuil will make me feel much better. That will probably become a Rave tonight!
RANT: Spanish people are really fucking lazy sometimes. I rent a practice room at a music school near my house, and last night they closed an hour early for the fuck of it. That's 20% of my practice time for the week because the receptionist didn't want to dick around on the computer for another hour. Pissed off, I walked to the supermarket where they sell 1 euro 40s. It also closed an hour early, also for the fuck of it. Really? Is 10 PM that late, especially with your fucking three hour siesta from 2 to 5? Work harder, maybe you wouldn't be in such deep economic shit.
RANT: I hate, HATE, watching a stock being sold off the bid 95% of the trading day keeping the price artificially low, only to see a huge rush to push it higher in the last 3 minutes of trading. The way stocks are traded in general just irritates the fuck out of me. It's so hard for someone without computer assisted trading algorithms to get in and out when you don't have access to the kind of macro information that will push a stock a certain way on a certain day. RAVE: Day trading has been a blessing to me. It's been one of the few things since I've stopped playing poker full time that has really put my mental faculties to good use. RANT: My upstairs neighbor has been stapling or nailing something into the roof outside or the floor in his apartment for the better part of the day. I haven't taken the time to poke my head outside, but my mind is going crazy trying to decipher just what the fuck this guy could possibly be doing. I've literally heard the click of a staple gun, or the "PUP" of a nail gun over 500x's today.
RANT: I wish I was better at negotiating salary/raises. I started my job at a lower than market rate, but was promised a raise at 90 days. 90 days came, and I was told that I needed to meet certain expectations and skill levels before I could get a raise (which is fine, I understand that). Now today, my 6 month review, and I ask about my raise. My manager says, "well, you have performed everything asked of you, but uhh, the company isn't giving anyone raises right now." How about at my 1 year review? "Well, if the company is giving raises, you'll be first in line." And rather than argue my point that I bust my ass and work harder than anyone else there, and that other positions are advertised at higher wages at other companies, I sat there and took it like a bitch. Fuck me sideways.
Rant So I start feeling better yesterday after going through some flu like symptoms, able to get out and get some work done. Lo and behold, a wave of bad diarrhea hits me and hasn't stopped yet. I've been on the toilet off and on and my butthole is irritated from wiping so much. Was outside walking my dogs and felt some horrible tremors ripping through my stomach...considered running into a Port A John at a construction site but decided to tough it out. I'm hoping Pepto Bismol caplets will get me through work tomorrow....ugh, fuck this week.
Rave: I witnessed the best thing I've seen in a while tonight. While driving through a very ghetto area on my way home, the truck ahead of me slowed down for what seemed like no reason. Just as I was about to lay on my horn, I saw him. This fat drunk guy was stumbling down the middle of the road, blocking traffic in both directions. He was all over the place and gesturing wildly at the increasingly impatient amount of traffic gathered around him. Finally, someone laid on their horn and yelled something out of their window at him. Seriously insulted, he spun around and threw his half finished cigarette at the car, but over-rotated and ended up face down on the yellow lines. Not easily discouraged, he righted himself, lit another cigarette, took a couple hard puffs on it, and threw it at the same car again. He laughed really hard, spun very awkward, and mounted the curb onto the sidewalk. It was a sight to see.
Rave: Act of Valor is fantastic. It's a tremendous film. Each facet is done so well. I know that not everybody who serves in the armed forces does what all is depicted in this movie, but thank you to all of you who did serve and continue to. Seriously, thank you.
RAVE:5' right of center, 3 rows back from the front of the Marilyn Manson mosh. Was like being in very bad smelling washing machine. RAVE: Girl in front of me was ludicrously hot and very friendly. Reasonably sure there is still an imprint of her ass on my pelvis.
Rave: Went and re-filed my taxes last night after updating the wife's surname to her maiden name. 30 minutes later, and an email letting me know they were accepted this time. Woo!
Rant & Rave Thread Rave: we just booked the rewards tickets for our trio to Thailand in November. I now look forward to many TIB'er comments about flying so far just for sex with underaged boys/girls.
Rave: The tax refund I e-filed for back on the 2nd finally came in today. Nice to have some breathing space again. Rant: Gotta pay a couple people back. Rave: A ladyfriend of mine set up a personal profile on OKCupid...yesterday she got one of this message: "So you're Colombian? What part of Mexico is that in?" You can't make shit like that up....haven't had that good a laugh in a while.
RAVE: Hockey is awesome, and the Canucks are on fire. Spoiler They beat Detroit, who was #1 in the league, finally ending Detroit's home game win streak at an NHL record of 23. The very next day they beat the Devils, who had the 2nd best 10 game record in the league, and took 1st overall. The Devils were 2nd to the Coyotes, who are 9-0-1 in their last 10, with their one OT loss coming at the hands of... yes, the Vancouver Canucks.
Rave: Had an interview at the sleep clinic I'd been pining for for about 8 months now. A spot opened up this week and they're interviewing to fill it ASAP. They loved me, and the head sleep tech is also a psychology grad so we got along like a house on fire. She loved a paper I wrote on sleep from last year, and I was told by the Doctor who runs the clinic, that out of the applications they are interviewing (I don't know how many, probably not a lot) - I'm in the front. Woo. Going in next week to observe the technicians that already work there so it will be easier to train me if I get the job Rant: The interview was really really short notice so I didn't have time to go out and buy some better clothes and had to wear what I could find. I looked nice, but my shirt was a little baggy around the sides. Rave #2: Went shopping this weekend for some better fitting office clothing for next week/and the future, now that I have some time. Holy crap do I look good in a pair of trousers and a nice shirt that fit me well, my girlfriend almost jumped me in the dressing room. The shirts I bought were 80-100 dollars marked down to 20-30, score. Rave #3: The clinic is really hurting for outgoing research, as they don't have enough time to put out their own papers. They really encourage people that work there to contribute a bit more than just going in to work and collect a salary. So next year when it comes time to do my Honours Thesis, I'm going to do it through the clinic. That solves so many problems for both of us. They get some research put out, and I'll have access to a whole bunch of resources and won't have to flounder around trying to think of a topic and put a study together. It'll all be there for me to dive in.
Rant: I feel like my iPod should know better than to play just one song from "Dark Side Of The Moon" when it's on shuffle. Rave: Being reminded of this:
just found out i was put as a 'sub' on the beer league team i started.... we always said we would never cut someone who came to play no matter how bad they were .i was the teams pitcher and i only missed one game.i didn't know it turned into a popularity contest in the off season ....the really bad part is that these are my 'friends ' the ones i drink with every Friday or saturday ...its not so much that i was cut from the team that i started .more that i had to find out from the league .and not my own team
Rant: My grandmother is really sick, I can't get anyone in the family to Skype me about it, and I've got a go-bag and emergency arrangements made. The Girlfriend is PISSED. Rave: The Girlfriend tried shrooms for the first time and had never been so high in her entire life. It was absolutely magical to watch, but I am still jealous, because I came down after 2 hours.