Rave: I just recalled a memory from my Western Civilization class in 12th grade that was college credit, and the teacher invited us all to his house to watch History of the World Part I.
Rave: Seeing Wicked with my sister in the fall. I love that show. Rant: In buying the tickets, I opened a second browser window to see if I could get a better deal before I confirmed the purchase. I didn't like the new option, so I went back to my original browser window, clicked "confirm" and bought FOUR FUCKING TICKETS INSTEAD OF TWO, because it confirmed the purchase made in the second browser window. FUCK'S SAKE.
RANT/RAVE Went a few months without anything significant happening with the girl side of things, to having something potentially great kick off with 2 girls almost simultaneously.
Rant: My oldest is 13. I got the call today that I had to pick him up from school. His best friend committed suicide via gunshot this morning before school. It was completely out of the blue, according to my son. My son is broken but coping. I'm heartbroken for him. 13 years old. What the fuck.
Rave Going to West Virginia next week to see my brother and congratulate him on a successful first year back in school. Then going to hit up Cleveland to see a good friend, then going to Grand Rapids to see my new nieces. My nieces are still very young and like any man babies scare the shit out of me. I'm really hoping they don't throw up or crap on me.
Rant: I'm giving the high school graduation speech. I can't come up with anything other than "don't be like me." I'm not qualified to do this shit. My life has been about as successful as a Korean ferry.
Rave: Getting out of Florida today. Thank fucking God. Rave: Getting home means Dark Souls II this evening. Oh yeah, look out baby, I know how to party. Rave: Get my doggie back today. Rave: Back to work tomorrow. I miss my doggie clients. Weird, didn't think I would, but I do. It'll be nice to get back to the routine. Rant: University of Florida graduation yesterday was 4 fucking hours. Holy fuck. And looking at the Non Working Professional Doctorate of Pharmacy graduates made me feel fucking OLD.
RANTX2: I posted this a little over a year ago. He gets his braces tomorrow. I really don't want to write that check.
Rave/Rant: Some co-workers got me a copy of the 2014 SI Swimsuit Edition for my recent birthday and hid it in my desk while I was gone hunting. I was the first in yesterday morning, found it, and when I heard someone open the door I thought it would be another guy on my team arriving. Nope, it was my boss and he was a split second away from seeing me toss it under my desk in my cubicle. He turns the corner to go to his office and starts talking to me, with a view under my desk, and I barely kept a straight face. Damn that was close. But lemme tell ya I have some great co-workers. Rave/Rant: There might be a new position opening up that is more focused on marketing research/analyst stuff here and a couple of people including the company president mentioned they had me in mind as a possible fit. I'd be jumping on this if my sales weren't going so well recently. We'll see where this goes.
Rant: I hate healthcare insurance companies. Spoiler Fuck those goddamn mother fucking suckass bastard shitheaded pieces of fucking shit piss in the fucking ass with a fucking rusted tactical shovel. Motherfuckers. Stupid weasley sacks of shit. Fuck ass fuck. And fuck every motherfucking politician from either party who ever got involved and has fucked it all up. Stupid stupid hypocritical mother fucking shit ass fuckers. I am the patient. I don't fucking enter bill codes you fuckass fuckers. Fuck. Go to hell.
Life Changing Rave I just got asked to work on a paper with a professor. I'll be working on a topic concerning cancer survivorship programs. This genuinely is a life changing, career altering rave. I couldn't be happier now. I'm sure when I start work on it, it'll be stressful, but as Mike Babcock says, if there's pressure that means there's opportunity, Currently I'm working at Sports Authority to make rent, that place can go kiss my ass.
Rave: Went on a date with a stellar young lady tonight. Mostly consisted of us walking around downtown and talking. Even though we're very different, neither one of us noticed until after, nor did we care. Hopefully I don't screw this one up.
Rant: Doing a project where you are the principle and the main workhorse is liberating and frustrating. It feels like being in high school where you stay up researching, organizing, grinding and putting your heart and soul into something alone only to find that when you present and earn your A- from the teacher your team members line up side by side with you and collect the same grade. You just have to stand there with an appreciative face and try hard not to stab them in theirs with a hot soldering iron. Rave: Project is 85% complete and what I have gotten from it is a new confidence that I can figure out just about any problem. It has renewed a love of SQL and sparked an interest in learning php and MySQL for my own purposes. My side projects are fun and challenging. Next is to build a facebook clone from the ground up. Fucking exciting. I'm just trying to ride this goddamned wave into shore no matter what beach I end up on. I feel like for the first time in a long time that I've got my back against the wind. Rave: Weight hit an all time low of 218, down from 248 this time last year. Muay Thai is going well and I'm figuring out how to move my head off the center line without loosing any punching power, cut off the ring, maintain good distance, slip punches and absorb them when necessary without much damage. Shins are sore as fuck but slowly I'm turning from cookie dough to being carved out of stone. Shit feels good.
Rave: nett is back!!! Rave: life is very good. Planning on moving to the mountains in September. I'm so excited to get outta the city! Rant: I transferred to a very ghetto location for the non-profit. I don't belong around here, I have already been in a couple confrontations with these wannabe thugs. I shouldn't HAVE to be armed to go to work. Rave: this is temporary and has been enlightening. I have also learned that I truly will not take anyone's shit anymore. Yay confidence.
Rant: I'm not asking for pomp and circumstance, or a parade, or even a high five... but I really wish both my bosses hadn't called in sick on my farewell lunch day.
RAVE: Passed my pharmacology final this morning. RANT: Tomorrow is my final in Nursing 102. RAVE: All I really have to do is show up for it because I don't need it to pass the class. RANT: Only two weeks off before the next semester RAVE: Two weeks off before the next semester!
RAVE: My mom got a new (to us) car this week - a 2008 Hyundai Tucson with about 62k miles on it. It goes well and has more space and is smaller and more economical than my mom's old 1994 E220 Merc. RANT: She scheduled the COR (certificate of roadworthiness) test for today but the 2 front tyres are pretty knackered. Kinda sure the vehicle's going to fail that. RAVE: The board has been cleaned up really well by Nettdata - it's nice to see so many new topics.