Rave: Dinner with the chick I went out with last weekend ended very nicely. Rave: I've finally gotten around to cleaning all my junk up, throwing out heaps of stuff and mounting pictures, dartboard etc. Everything looks pretty sweet. Rant: Next exercise for work is in Katherine, NT. It's the asshole of the country.
Rave: I've been cooking for a girl at work whenever we have shifts together. I didn't realize that someone else was working for her last night so I had some extra food. My boss ended up buying it from me...and asked me to include him in future dinners. I work at a restaurant. Irony? So I am back to my old games. Yeaaah!
RANT: The Alaska gig fell through. Which leads to a RAVE: I got another job. And this story is damn near impossible to believe: I was set up for an interview and it was something I've never experienced before...a group interview. There were 27 of us herded up to the 19th floor in a downtown high rise. Everyone was dressed in suits. Well, almost everyone. I'd like to report that I was dressed in camo with some eye black for good measure, but I was wearing slacks, dress shoes, and a flannel shirt. Hillbilly professional, if you will. The first thing we had to do was introduce ourselves to the assembled group. I was completely out of my element, I'm a redneck with an 8th grade education, and this was a foreign environment for me. One after another, the well dressed folks stood up and spoke of their college degrees and their experience in the field. As the others spoke, I slowly realized this job was right in my wheelhouse. The others had degrees, suits, and experience in the field, but I had something they didn't....my personality. When my turn came, I got up and presented my credentials. Public speaking is not my thing, but I do know how to make people laugh, and if you make folks laugh, they'll suck your dick. I think Will Rogers said that. Anyways, 2 hours after I got home, I received the phone call: We. Want. You. I get my own office on the 24th floor (With an awesome view of The Strip), a big fucking mahogany desk, and a huge leather chair. I'm still giggling at the absurdity of the whole situation. Even I can't believe I bullshitted myself into this position. Yay me!
Rave This semester at school may turn out well for me...I did well on both of my midterms and actually saw an "A" on one of those, huge confidence boost. Rave Finally doing something about my ADHD issues. Doctor started me on Strattera (non stimulant) and it seems to make me a little more focused and motivated but getting use to some of the side effects sucks (drowsiness, dry mouth, stomach queasiness). I hope it works out in the long run, although I'm skeptical about these kind of medications. Rant/Rave Starburst Jellybeans...god damn is it impossible for me to not eat half a bag of those things in one sitting? Sugar is the devil Rave watching the Twin Peaks series on Netflix. I should've never put this off for so long. David Lynch is so fucking amazingly weird.
RAVE: I am one of only 4 students out of the 65 who are left graduating the Nursing Program with Honors! I can honestly say I have never really felt challenged in just about anything I've ever had to do, except for this program. Hardest thing I've ever done without a doubt. I can't wait to put that on my resume.
Rant: Don't ever install one of those Delta touch faucets in your kitchen. Talk about over designing. It turns on and off while using it fairly randomly, making washing dishes a real pain in the ass. Also, I get to figure out where to replace the D cell battery on this thing. After 2.5-3 months of use, the battery is dead, rendering my faucet unusable.
Struggle: Trying to reconcile being a good foster care worker with not wanting to work 60 hours/week. Not sure if I just need to get better at it or if it's simply not possible. And I used to think I was an efficient human being... Rant: Upstairs neighbors vacuumed at 10:30. Now it is 12:30 and they are vacuuming again. Why??? Rave: Boyfriend bought mocha almond fudge ice cream and it is the best. And it's the kind made from coconut milk so I can pretend that it's good for me, right?
Rant: Had a threesome go horribly awry. One minute there's a girl kneeling between your legs while the other one rides you, and the next you're hiding behind a mailbox while one of them throws tables around and curses out people who aren't there. Fun with mental illness. Oh, and unemployment sucks my will to live.
Rave: Down 15 lbs since the start of the year! Rant: That leaves 17 more lbs to get back to where I was February of last year.
One of the ladies in the office is nutso for Pharrells "Happy". Everytime it's on the radio she cranks it up and, um, "dances". I should point out she will be 70 years old this year. Somedays the comedy just writes itself. That was a rant and a rave.
Rave: The military is taking me to the sunny beaches of Florida for a month before I get to enjoy the summertime of Alaska for the first time. These next few months are going to rule. Rant: As a single 22 year old I'm not sure if I'm happy or sad that I missed college spring break by a few weeks. I'm not huge into the party scene anymore, but got dang do I need to break out of this dry spell. It's bad.
Rave: I just said ef it and booked my flight and hotel for the Trivia Championships of North America, which will be held in Vegas in August. That's what grad school loans are really for. This will be my first trip to Vegas. I don't know how much time I will have to do other things, but if anyone has recommendations on restaurants, strip clubs, or anything else that will be worth seeing then please let me know.
Rant: At my grandparents-in-laws' house. This family is crazy, and impossie to get away from. This is a house built in 1945. The living room is 10x8 and the kitchen is 8x8 with a table in it, so any more than 4 people in the house is extremely cramped. There are 7 adults and 2 kids here, and I am currently sitting cramped in a corner of the kitchen where I cannot get up because the table and other people are here. They are arguing politics. This is my version of hell. Kill me. Please?
Rave: I was asked to chaperone prom and I said no. Being a football coach, I dedicate enough extra time to school that no one gave me shit. So hey, no chaperoning dances. Thats a win.
Rant: The week before last, me and the wife took a "holiday". We took our baby for a week to go see all her family. I got in a few hours of doing what i wanted and that was it. Sorry D26 I would take a weekend any day of the week over a whole week. Rave: My wife took our baby out of town so I get the complete weekend to myself. Best holiday ever. Rant: Fuck I am getting old(turning 31 this year). I had planned on playing video games well into the night, but last night I said fuck it, no baby no wife I am going to bed(10:30pm) slept till 9am and I will probably to that tonight again. Rave: Best sleep in as long as I can remember.
Rave: The new lady friend has agreed to let me wear the following creepy horse mask during sexy time. I said it just fucking around but now that she has agreed to it you bet your ass I'm going to do it.
Rave: My girlfriend and went to a park near downtown to go for a run with my dog, and pulling into the lot I noticed a woman in her car with the hood up. So I parked and walked over to her, and she said she was just waiting for a friend to drive over from a suburb and try to jump the car. I keep cables on hand for that reason and after starting her car, I was putting them back in mine when a random guy approached me and gave me his parking ticket with an hour left on it. Awesome timing. Then the lady told my girlfriend I was a keeper as she drove away. Rant: My deep chest freezer in the basement became unplugged somehow (it was plugged into a power strip and that went into the socket). Could have been me, could have been my roommate or his buddy, either way my Friday night plans changed for the worse after I opened it up to find a shit ton of meat on the verge of getting really stanky and a nice pool of blood and stuff in the bottom. I've done dirty jobs and have cleaned up some pretty nasty messes before and this was up there. Rant: Being woken up by the dog stepping on my nuts like it's the sidewalk.