RANT: Fucking NASCAR... no rain, but they have a rain delay. Just. Go. Racing, for fuck sakes... quit driving around the track in parade laps. I'm glad I can just fast forward this and am not watching it live.
RAVE: Grand prix motorcycle racing is where it's at. I NEVER thought I would be a fan of any racing sport, but Motogp is the shit, and the most recent race this season was one of the best races in a long time. No pit stops, no in-helmet radios, and if it's raining they just put on their wet tires and get the fuck out there and go 300 km/h anyway.
Rave: Caught a spotted garfish today, so that's another one checked off the list. Time to make some pattys and fry it up. Next up, alligator gar
Rave: It is possible to jack off with the left hand. Where there's a will there's a way I guess. Rave: Sis-in-law has oxycontin for her boob job but can't take them because of the side effects, so they're mine now. Who knew there was an upside to having a brand new 10" table saw blade go through my finger?
Took the plunge with my business. I bought a house to flip last week. Possession on July 15th. Amazingly, I qualified for the mortgage on my own. Now I'm in debt for two properties, plus tens of thousands of dollars of my family's money and I have less than six weeks to pull this thing off. I don't know if this is a rant or a rave. Any advice on: - flipping - Canadian capital gains (had to be a personal mortgage even though I have a corporation. Company is too new for a loan in its own name) Would be welcome.
RANT: I moved into a new house a few weeks ago. There's a sewage overflow relief outlet in the storage space under the house. There's some tree root blockaghe to the sewage pipe on the way to the main drains, and it's been very slowly overflowing back into the storage space since we moved in. First email to the land lord (their requested means of maintenance request) Hi, small problem, we need a plumber to come out, looks like there's a problem with the sewer drain and teeny pool of liquid and debris on the floor Day 2 Hi, I spoke to your office by phone and they confirmed that they'd forwarded you my last email, We have a couple of leaky taps and the toilet system is pretty badly aged, and that sewage overflow issue really needs someone to look at it. Please let me know. Day 4 Hi, I got your notification that you'd forwarded my email to the landlord. Here's a photo of the raw sewage on the floor. Can you please give us some more information about when this will be addressed? Day 7 Hi, it's not been a week since we started chasing this issue, which includes raw sewage pooling on the floor of the storage space. Please advise urgently. Day 9 Hi, It's currently Saturday, please note that if this is not fixed Monday I will be pursuing emergency repair using our own plumber and if necessary seeking remedy for the costs in small claims court. This is an urgent emergency issue that requires immediate response. Day 11 I called, on hold for 20 minutes, asked if I'd like to keep holding or leave a message, I advised that the pool of sewage on my floor wasn't really a leave a message situation, please pass on the details and I'll call back. Called back half an hour later as no reply to email messages, told she had another appointment and she'd call back in the afternoon. Through a screaming tantrum and hoorah, a text 10 minutes later that a plumber would be on site shortly. Plumber cleaned it all out, went about our day, waited for it to dry out enough to check it out properly. Went and had dinner with my dad. Got home, chilled out a bit, Dad stresses me out, went and had a look expecting to be pleasantly surprised. Something like a square meter of sewage pooled 2 inches deep on the dark side of the drain. couldn't really see it without walking closer than I had earlier while it was drying out. Fucking charming. Looks like the plumber just hosed the sewage out from under the house into the side garden of the house to remove it from the storage space. Oh, and what looks an awful lot like fresh overflow in the drain he cleared of blockages earlier today. Fucking Ungh. Notable comments 'Just clean it, then you don't have to bother the real estate'. 'It's just the storage space, what's the big deal'. I promise you you, the real estate agent will not be avoiding bothering me if they find feces in a pool on the floor. If it's my fault that sewage got there or if they can in any way blame it on me? I assure you, they'll be demanding that I clean it the fuck up or pay for it to be cleaned. And it's the storage area. Where I store things. Pardon me for not wanting feces on the things that I value enough to store there. If they were things I was content to have feces on, I'd throw them the fuck out. GRAH! It smells like shit. My side garden is full of toilet paper and toilet water, and I feel like a princess for being discontent with this state of affairs. Fuck off, it's where I live, I don't want human feces anywhere except invisible. I certainly don't want to smell it or have to tip toe through it to clean up a mess that isn't my problem.
Rave: had a blast on Friday on my sister's 40th birthday tubing trip Rant: maybe should'a drank more water. Read: should have drank ANY water. I twisted my ankle when my drunk ass fell in the parking lot and threw up on the car ride to her friend's house. I believe this also lead to the hip issue I've been having the past could days. I can't really put any weight on my right foot because my hip hurts so much. Hopefully taking it easy today will allow me to get a bit better because I feel like an old lady falling apart at the seams.
Rave: I got a shit ton done in my apartment over the weekend. Finished the closet and organizing my room, fixed and installed doors, wall plates and switch covers, and potted some plants. Rant: So much shit left to do. I still feel like I'm staying at someone else's place. It will be very nice when completed, but that is taking longer than I was hoping. Rave: Golfing today... I'm awful at it and would be happier some days just driving a cart around, but today I'm just going out with co-workers on my team for one of their birthday. The weather is perfect and emphasis will be on having fun outside than scores.
Rant: Based on the sideways glances I just got from the lady in the cubicle outside my office, I probably should have shut my office door before having a loud conversation to book my brazilian waxing. Rave: May have resolved the cubicle lady situation since she is now visibly uncomfortable in my presence. It appears that, once again, my pussy saved the day!
Rave: Heading to NYC on Saturday with my daughter for a few days. Taking the train - a friend of mine did it with her two daughters and said it is much better than airline travel. I'm excited!
Rave: After only two misfires, my kid has slept in her toddler bed without any kind of issues for the past 3 days. She goes down well, and doesn't even get out of bed until one of us comes in to get her. This bodes well for our vacation, where she will be sleeping on an air mattress toddler bed, but she has adapted well so far. Only downside? She is waking up earlier the past couple of days (around 5 am), and I don't know if it is the bed or something else. Usually she sleeps til 7 or so. Now we need to get her potty trained before number 2 gets here. I only want 1 kid in diapers at a time. Rave: Things on track for kid number 2. My daughter is moving rooms to the bigger bedroom in about a month (once we paint/decorate it), and then when we find out the gender of baby 2, we'll get the nursery all set. Rant?: My wife, in anticipation of having a boy, brought up the circumcision question. Fuck, I hadn't even thought about it, and she isn't sure either. Luckily I have 8 months and the chance of it being a girl to figure it out.
A-B-C-Q Rant: Dammit, I think I need more sleep or something. Lately, I keep making typos in everything I type: emails, TiB posts, and now just found one in the report I submitted to a state regulator. Crap. Rave: Report got approved, made myself look good because of the quick approval (and better than a competitor) and saved my client a boat of cash.
Rant: I had to get a steroid shot in my ass today. Rant: I've got a mosquito bite that has swollen up to the size of a silver dollar and I started breaking out in rashes, one on each leg and one under my armpit. Apparently I may have some mosquito borne illness. I have a followup appointment in two days and if I get a fever I'm supposed to go to the emergency room. Rant: Baby A fell down on a matchbook car today and now he has a big goose egg and a scrape on his head. Rave: E has her first dance class tonight. We're just doing a 5 week summer class to see if she likes it.
Rant: My alarm clock this morning was a flying insect of some kind, landing on my exposed ear and fluttering it's bug wings against it. I shot up and did the shakey shake routine. I then decided I'd never get back to sleep due to bug in my bed paranoia and got up. That was a happy start to Humpday.
Rant: My dog chased down a family of bunnies and it is a mess to clean up in my yard. Rave: When I see Shegirl's avatar I pretend it's really a caricature of her. So in a way, I've seen her boobs. (You're welcome) SGEDIT: HOW COME NOBODY EVER NOTICES SHE WINKS? Bunch of pigs.
Rant: "Special" Richard at work smells like rotten BBQ sauce and I think I'm going to be fucking sick.
Rant: I don't know what in the what I ate but the past 2 days I have had a constantly upset stomach. This is all I can think to myself... Spoiler
Rant: Crazy e-mail count ended up around 80. Rave: It's been almost a week since I got one (knock on wood). Rant/Rave: I acquired a series of bite marks all over my body this weekend. It looks like I had sex with a raccoon. These marks are most notably all over my shoulders and getting progressively darker up my inner thighs. I was hoping they'd have faded by now. My mom visits tomorrow, so I just won't be wearing shorts or tank tops for the next 5 days.
Rant: Day 16 without hot water. My Little House on the Prairie thing is getting old. Rave: I intentionally watched "The Road" last night (because I've read the book) right before boiling my 14 pots of water for my two baths, so that I wouldn't feel sorry for myself. It worked. I don't want to talk about the almost electrocution moment last week or the almost slip and dump the boiling water on myself moment tonight. I survive another day.