Rave: 24 hours from now, I board a plane for 2 weeks in Africa! 8 day Kilimanjaro climb, then a 5 day safari. So freakin' excited.
Rant: RIP James Gandolfini. The Sopranos was MORE than just my favorite TV show ever, it literally changed the way I approach TV series in general. All other TV shows that I've ever watched/and will watch moving forward will be compared (perhaps unfairly) to the Sopranos. That show had everything and without a doubt James Gandolfini's performance contributed greatly to that show's legacy and reputation. Rave: This gives me great incentive to watch the entire series again.
Rant: So apparently now obesity is a disease. Yet another blow to personal responsibility. Your genes made you fat? No, that bag of cheetos made you fat.
rant: I was supposed to telework tomorrow and I was reallllly looking forward to sleeping in and rolling out of bed at 7:55am and start the work day in my soft fuzzy robe. Then my boss came in at 4:30 and asked me to come into the office after all because [insert fuck-all here].
RAVE: Today was orientation day for the Practical Nursing program I'm starting in August. I had no idea this program was as prestigious as it is, or that it was as difficult to be accepted into. A few times when I've mentioned it to some of the faculty for various reasons, I was given a look of admiration and genuine congratulations. So much so that I thought it was a little weird. It is one of only 5 programs accredited in my state and apparently all the hospitals are literally waiting for the graduates of this program to hire. The job opportunities are going to be superb and I'm not stopping at the end of the LPN program, I'm going on to RN. SUPERMASSIVESUPERNOVARAVE: There is going to be an OR rotation. I am totally geeked out about this. I get to sit in an OR all day and watch surgeries and observe everything. RANT: Because I had to cram all my school work in last week to go "bury" that miserable excuse for a human being that my poor wife called a mother, I scored a fucking 55 on a section test in my critical thinking class. Brought my average down to a damn C. I'm acing all my other classes and I'm going to have to work my ass off to keep my 4.0 grade point average up. I did not apply myself in high school like I should have and I really pride myself on being on the Dean's list regularly. In fact, if I can't make that C an A this will be the first time in my college career I haven't made the Dean's list. Overcompensating? Maybe, but I don't give a fuck. I think it's fun.
RANT- Fucking deer are fucking up my tomato plants. Coyote piss and the rotten egg/garlic/pepper sauce aren't enough. If I didn't live in a residential neighborhood Id be blowing them away for their trespassing. FUCKING SHIT.
Rant Riding my motorcycle in 95 degree midday heat in full leather jacket etc fucking sucks. Holy crap its hot. Not only are you hot from the engine, the leathers and the sun, the freaking road bounces the heat up back at you along with sucking down car fumes if you get stuck in traffic.
Rave: 100% on my Clinical Procedures final, which brings my final grade for the course to... yeah, still 100%, and a 95% overall average.
Rant: Upstairs neighbors seem to have gotten a keyboard and electric drum kit. Kind of makes me wish for the old days when they just scream-fucked all the time.
Rant: I hate school. I love to learn, but I fucking loathe school. I especially loathe having to pay for it. I didn't fully realize how awesome it was to have my undergraduate degree paid for by the state.
Rave: My girlfriend and I finally made it down to the Cold War Air Museum in Lancaster, TX today, and spent a little time at the Commemorative Air Museum on the same air park. Finally got to see not one, but three Mi-24 Hind Ds up close. Got the girl to sneak into a couple choppers (Robinson R-22 and Mi-2 Hoplite) while nobody was looking to take some pictures. Best of all, it was free. Rant: We got there just a little too early to watch some guys do a recreation of Operation Overlord airborne jumping out of a DC-3 in WW2 gear (including one guy with a Screamin' Eagles mohawk). Serves me right for bringing a few hard ciders for my lightweight g/f to dump down her neck before we go out on a tarmac in TX heat.
Rant: Watched the life drain from a 10 year old girl after someone cut her parent's car off and caused it to roll across the median 6 times. Her and her dad were ejected from the vehicle, he lived.
quote="gogators"]Rant: Watched the life drain from a 10 year old girl after someone cut her parent's car off and caused it to roll across the median 6 times. Her and her dad were ejected from the vehicle, he lived.[/quote] Just read an update on the local tv station's site... apparently they revived the girl at the hospital but her dad died. That makes no sense... she didn't have a pulse... at all.
Re: Rant & Rave Thread RANT: it's new car time for the wife, her high school/college car finally fucked itself. I hate fucking car payments.
Rave: Won the 100,000th car wash at some random place around town. Got myself a "gift cahd to Dunkies kehd." Rant: Its going to be a long week. Some director is coming up from Atlanta to manage a new project. Guy is a long-winded douchebag and is absolutely painful to be around. He micromanages the shit out of you and even when you do a good job, he'll go rat you to your managing partner that this should be considered "a learning experience." What a fucking prick. Thank god none of the partners take him seriously or even like him. Fuckin scumbag.
Rave: My brother came back from Austin last night with more than an eight of weed someone had left in the hotel safe. It's good, too.