RANT: Sat through a 3 day structures seminar to help prepare me for one of my architecture registration exams. 36 hours in 3 days is tough, especially with that subject matter. RAVE: I'm now ready to make that exam my bitch. Also, the professor who travels the US teaching this seminar is quite possibly the best teacher I've ever sat in a room with. I wish I would have had him years ago during my undergrad. He made some boring shit awesome for three days. We were all as awake and engaged the last hour as we were the first. Not only does he teach you how to pass the exam, he teaches you exactly the practical structures information that architects need on a daily basis. It's been 12-13 years since my last structues course and the professor was HORRIBLE back then. I'll carry this new knowledge for a long time. RAVE: That was the first true classroom learning environment I've been in for a very long time and it was awesome. It makes me really miss academic environments. Wish I could afford and/or justify going back to grad school.
Rave:I had an excellent weekend. Rant:But I have to get up at 7:30 (as opposed to 10) on a Monday. Rantier Rant: Because I switched to an earlier shift in order to get a root canal after work. Rave: But at least I'm FINALLY starting to train today for my new role, THREE WEEKS after they hired me. (I mean, presumably. I wouldn't be surprised whatsoever if I got in only to be told they changed their mind again and training is pushed back until next week.)
Rave: Still got it. Drank my face off, college style, on Saturday with the little sister and her friends and only had a slight headache the next morning. Rave: Speaking of the next morning, I went back to the diner I used to frequent (Track Nine for you CT people) and had the best nostalgic breakfast a person can get. God damn they have the best home fries I've ever had.
Ravt: I put everything into the slow cooker this morning to make the filling for enchiladas for tonight. I just checked the recipe and realized that I am going to have WAY more filling than I need. And apparently I bought way more tortilla shells than I need too. Christ. Anyone want to come over for Mexican food?
Rant: I'm an imbecile who overslept and instead of owning up to it just called in sick. Not a good showing for someone who wants a promotion Rave: Day off! Rant: It looks like I'm going to have to work a 20 hour shift on Friday between my two jobs, because I don't think they will appreciate me taking two days off in one week at my main job.
Rant:There really is a fine line between whipped cream and butter. RaveSolo trip to Norway in early June. Cheap ass train ticket, and staying with my exchange friend from high school.
Rant/Rave: Driving 1000 miles over the weekend sucked, but I'm relieved I didn't run into any bad weather (driving from Minnesota to central Nebraska and back). Rave: This past Friday consisted of target shooting, free booze and a steak dinner, and lots of sex with my girlfriend. It doesn't get much better than that (and the mind-numbing trip was totally worth it).
RANT: It's days like this I hate my job. I don't get paid enough to put up with this shit. RANT: I knew as soon as it happened she would be distant. A shitty birthday and a shitty thing to start on my birthday. RAVE: I'm still alive.
Rant: Diamonds. Why do they have to be so fucking expensive? I love this girl like crazy, and I want to marry her as soon as possible. Can't propose yet though! Not until I cough up a couple thousand dollars! Ugh.
RANT: Sometimes girls are stupidly frustrating. Of course it makes sense for you to go radio silent out of nowhere when we've been talking daily for the last week. Now the onus is on me to put myself out there and look like an overeager puppy. Hooray. RAVE: $3000 of tax refund makes things feel better.
Rave: Wife and I got to eat dinner. At the same time. For the first time in a week. Rant: Still haven't been able to sleep at the same time. We're sleeping in 3 hour shifts, which isn't too bad, because we usually get about 6 hours a night, just not in a row, and not together. Rave: I've caught up on a lot of movies and TV shows in that time. Once she gets a bit bigger, and I can put her in a carrier or she'll stay in her bassinet or crib a bit longer (she can last about 30 minutes before she starts crying like mad), I'll get some quality gaming time in, too. Rant: Work. Had a review today at my video store job. Those reviews are quite silly.
Rave: Date yesterday went well. She's a cool girl and I can talk to her fairly easily. Seems pretty fun and I can still make fun of her and she throws it back at me. I don't know: She has two kids, boys, 7 and 3. I've never gotten involved with a single mother. We'll see what happens.
Rant: I hate my fucking neighbor. He is the asshole of the neighborhood who is always making noise outside. Now it was 80 degrees today and he now has his fireplace going. Its fumes are going right into my open windows. So now instead of cooling off my place tonight I have to fucking sweat until he goes to bed.
Rant: For the 3rd night in a row my neighbours "Chuawawa cross similar ratdog" has woken me by yipping and whining, last night it was at 12:30am then again at 5:30am. I hate this animal, when I was painting my house last summer it barked at me constantly for 2 days while I was doing that side of the house, nearly did my head in, it's also nipped at me when it escaped its yard and thought it was a good idea to round me up when I was getting home one evening, was about to get booted and was saved in the nick of time by the owner. Until now I've never really understood how people could neutralise their neighbours dogs. At dawn this morning I was strongly considering dousing it with water. Freshly boiled out of the kettle. Don't worry softcocks, I won't harm it (Unless it runs on the road while I'm driving) I'm going to put their number in my phone so I can call them and ask them to shut it the fuck up next time it pisses me off. If after a few tries this method fails to work. Well lets wait and see. If anyone has any creative strategies I'm open.
Rave: No jets flying today so finally got to do some PT, good session. Rant: Fucking instructor plays Nickelback, oh how I loathe them. Rave: I've racked up a heap of short leave in the last couple of weeks so decided I'd had enough of work and took the afternoon off.
Rave: Hit it off with an awesome girl I met at work today. Rant: Cockblocked by her gay friend causing unnecessary drama with other people. Rave: Still got her number and made plans for later this week. Rant: I guess it's a porn night. Rave: It's a porn night!
Rant: Forgot to add this little tidbit. I had arranged with my mother to get my Great Grandmothers wedding ring so that I could use that diamond and just buy a new setting. My girlfriend loves that kind of sentimental shit, so she would have been thrilled with that. What does my mother do? She goes and loses the damn thing. I can't be too mad at her, of course. It was in a jewelery bag with the ring from her second marriage and a few other things, so I think she has beat herself up enough about losing it. Still, pretty big bummer.
Rant: Dear fellow DMVers, sitting here together in hour 2 of purgatory I can't help but notice that some of you neglected to shower. When was your last one? Yesterday? Last week? I'll never know, but for God's sake please take your fingers out of your mouth. The sight of that plus your stench makes me want to hurl.
Rant: Apparently, here at work, we switched from 2-ply toilet paper to 1/2-ply toilet paper. It's like wiping with tissue paper. Rant: Looked at my checking account balance today. I'm poor. Rave: Gave the Zac Brown Band a listen to on Pandora. Surprisingly, it put me in a better mood. I usually don't like country.