Rave: Entertaining flying robot competition Rant: 22 hours to get there by car, for a 3 minute flight where the plane met the ground violently Rave: The sponsors loved us, this means there are job offers kicking around. Rave: Welcome back sex with a red head. First Red head, I have bruises from the fun, and it feels good.
RANT Oh just great, every criminal in the area who has to submit court mandated piss tests is going to show up on our door to be "diagnosed" with shy bladder syndrome. Some have tried before, but they didn't have the support of America behind them RAVE Maybe I could counter that by recommending that if the sample collecting has to be observed that they could obtain it via catheter instead. More than one way to skin a cat, huh?
Rave: I have successfully turned my entire Thursday martial arts class into Rangers fans. One 9 year old boy convinced his dad to take him to one of playoff games last week, and caught a t-shirt from the cannon. He was so proud to present this shirt to me, which I tried to convince him to keep, but he said he was dead set on me having it. Kids are so awesome sometimes. Thanks, buddy. I'm all warm and fuzzy on the inside.
Rave: I am finally temporarily free from the shackles of school and can annoy you all on the idiot board again! Hooray!
Rave: Asia was awesome. Rave: Spent less than I budgeted. Rave: Used this opportunity to make Spring of 2012 a blowout and signed us up for skydiving tomorrow morning. Rant: I'ma be broke after this.
Rave: for the grand total of $40, I was picked up, carted off to central Bali, fed a sampling of organic coffees, banana pancakes that inspired me to weep for my future without them, cycled downhill for 30km through gorgeous scenery, learned about organic farming in Indonesia, played traditional instruments incredibly badly, and had an awesome lunch. The best activity in Bali is the cycle tour, hands down. Rant: I learned more about Balinese culture, art, agriculture and history in one day than I did in a year of living here. What the fuck was I doing?
Rave: No work today. I wanted to use one of my vacation weeks this week but it was taken, so fuck 'em I took a discretionary day today. I couldn't not take off, my birthday's on a Friday this year and I didn't want to waste it. Rant: I've been covering the evening shift this week, which I love. I hate to sacrifice an easy night of work when I could have skipped a hellish 4:30am morning but oh well. Rant: I don't really have any plans this weekend other than my friend's daughter's 1st birthday party tomorrow afternoon. Rave: Three day weekend! I'll need to go to the store to buy some booze later, there's not a drop in my house and that needs to be remedied.
Rave: You want to know why Excedrin is the best drug in the world? Because it works. Ibuprofin? Suck my balls. Aleve? Took four, still sore. Have a headache and a couple Excedrin hanging around? You're fucking set, my friend. Their slogan should be "Excedrin--for people who actually want to feel better after they take something."
Rave: Just downloaded tickets for the Cubs/Sux game on the 19th! Go Cubs GO! To be determined?: Not real sure about the people I'm going with, some strange things going on there...but I'm going to Wrigley so it can't be that bad right? Rant: I have a flag football double header the next morning so I have to be up early, make sure everyone else is up, drive two hours and play two games in a row starting at noon with what I assume will be a raging hangover. Fun.
Rant: women sometimes, just had this conversation with my wife. Wife: what do you want for supper? Me: not really sure. What do you want? Wife: I don't know. Pick. Me: ok i feel like x. Wife: ok, but i want y. But it is up to you. Seriously fucking women sometimes.
Rave: Thank the good lord this piece of shit was found guilty. The only problem is that we don't have the death penalty in this country. Barring that, he should be escorted to the main exercise yard in prison, the transcript from his girlfriend's testimony read aloud, then left alone with the other inmates.
Rant: Why do both tank shops (saltwater marine/coral reef) in my area have to be dodgy as fuck when it comes to quality and reasonable prices. Shop 1 that's closest to my house jacks prices 150-400% on corals. The owner still has the nerve to lie regarding how much a specimen costs. Little does he know I'm a good acquaintance with his wholesaler, and I know damn well what he pays. I hate liars, and I've watched this guy rob new comers to the hobby. Selling them corals they have no right purchasing given their skill-set and tank parameters. Today Shop 2 was selling pre-mix saltwater that was at 1.010 salinity, where it should be at 1.024-1.027. anything below 1.021 and your tank is going to crash, causing thousands of dollars worth of specimens to die very very quickly. The only thing you can do is watch as your corals melt as the water turns into a toxic death mix propelling the crash further. You don't need to be an expert to know how far off an acceptable range those readings are. That's a night and day difference. Somewhat Rave I guess...Total random luck. For some reason I thought to test the water with a refractometer I had on me. I never do this, but today I did. The kid who was managing at the time had no idea how bad the parameters were, he wasn't even checking the mix. It pains me to think of how many novice aquarists went home to do a water change today, only to trigger a tank crash. Needless to say I will no longer be going to this shop. RAVE Both chiller units are now set up at home and in the office to handle the summer months. It could be 100 degrees in the office building over the weekend, and that tank wont even raise a hair above 79.9 degrees.
Rant: Took an adderall and wrote a paper today, now I can't fall asleep. Rant: I think I've reached the end of the internet.
Rave: Went with my brother to a random party. Rave: There was a cute girl there who was joining the Air Force. Instant conversation starter! Rave: She was into me. Rant: I'm on the couch with my arm around her, and my brother basically drags me outside to leave. I protest, and he persists. Turns out her boyfriend is a really good friend of his. It would have been nice for him to tell me that BEFORE I started hitting on her.
Rave: I finally got my state income tax return (what little of it I qualified for) in the mail today. Because of the way work's been the last month or so, I completely spaced out and forgot about it. Nothing like getting free money that you forgot you already had, eh?
Rant: posted an earlier rant in the "r+rt visualized" because I only skimmed the topic name. Genius! Rant: I am nipple deep in research documents on the least subject in the world. Rave: Blueberry Pomegranate licorice is crack.
RANT: 14 hours yesterday, 10 today. Spent every minute of them moving like the wind. RAVE: I'm getting paid for those hours, conveniently enough.