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| We've set a date. Yikes! That's a scary thought -- knowing just when such a huge change in your life is going to take place, and that it is a completely voluntary and planned event...
Anyway, the wedding is going to be Oct. 31, 2010. Yeah, a wedding in the woods on Halloween. That's fitting, no?
But the bigger thing is that I need to rededicate myself to the weight loss thing. In the next 13.5 months, I am aiming to lose 100 pounds. I don't want my wedding pictures to look anything like the ones that were just taken at her brother's wedding. (Now who's sounding like a girl!!) | comments: 8 comments or Leave a comment   |
| Sharon Woods Metropark is a nice little place to relax. There's not much there in the way of hiking -- the ground is flat, the woods sparse -- but there is a nice little pond and plenty of open ground. And it's spring, so everything is getting green, though not quite yet lush.
More importantly, it's about half-way between two of my work locations, so I can go there twice or three times a week for lunch and a break. Today was one of those days.
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| I decided the other day to finally follow through on my plans to excise from my library a good portion of those books from grad school that I'll never want again. Within 24 hours of them being up (thanks babe!), they're starting to go...beginning with that unbelievable, stinkin' pile of, er German intellectualism. It's like a huge mental stone was lifted off my chest.
So long, Jurgy! You won't be missed, I assure you. | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| I'm heading out to a doctor's appointment this morning, so I thought I'd check to see where I'm at with the diet (so I'm well armed to deflect the "You need to lose weight" lecture).
It has been 254 days since June 1, and I've lost 67.2 pounds. (Man, it's taken me a month and a half to undo the damage from the holidays...I'm still 0.8 pounds above my all-time low on this diet.)
That works out to 0.265 pounds per day. (So, it looks like I won't hit 75 pounds down by my birthday, damn!)
At that pace, it will take 963 total days of dieting to reach my goal weight. That will be Jan 19, 2011.
Damn, that seems so far away...anyone got a sharp knife and a vacuum cleaner with a small nozzle attachment? | | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment |
| Welcome to the new 2009 edition of getting to know your family and friends. Here is what you are supposed to do, and try not to be lame and spoil the fun. Change all the answers so that they apply to you. Then send this to a bunch of people you know, INCLUDING the person who sent it to you.
Some of you may get this several times; that means you have lots of friends. The easiest way to do it is to hit 'forward' so you can change the answers or copy and paste. Have fun and be truthful!
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| It does, seriously. That's when the (metaphorical) shit hits the (again, metaphorical) fan.
I was sitting on the john, peacefully tending to business when my phone rings. Not being one to talk on the phone in that particular situation, I quickly send the call to voicemail. After finishing up, I check the message, only to hear the governor (cleverly disguising his voice as that of my manager) telling me to call him from a store phone and to have pen and paper at the ready.
"Now what?" I thought as I headed back to where my things were stashed, grabbed a notepad and dialed the phone.
Now what, indeed!
It seems that my company's contract with our customer will expire at the end of June, and it has not been renewed. Oh, and also 39 reps are being laid off today. However, as I said previously, my call came from the governor...it seems I'm one of those who's been granted a temporary stay of execution. In the mean time, I've been re-sentenced to hard labor, picking up the work for those who have been canned.
ETA: Heh. It seems that the employee forum on the company internet page is suddenly experiencing technical difficulties...
ETA2: Now the message about the forums is gone from the website, but so is the link to the forums... | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
| So, I considered doing one of those year-in-review memes but thought better of it. I think my year can be summed up with the following revelation:
I think, considering my current situation, that it's time to update the name of the "Jobs 2007" folder on my desktop.
(Also, while baby-talk can be cute in certain situations, it's 'revelation' not 'relevation'...) | | comments: Leave a comment |
| Can someone please tell me what day this is? My internal clock has been all messed up...
Based on the length of "just one more minute", it should only be about 30 seconds since we arrived.
Based on the amount of computer time I've managed to wrangle, it should be about 10 PM Christmas Eve.
Based on the amount of actual rest I've gotten, it should be somewhere around 4 in the morning on Christmas Day.
Based on the amount of Wii we've played, it should be about July.
Based on the amount of food I've eaten since getting here, it should be December 27...2009.
So, does anybody really know what time it is? | | comments: Leave a comment |
| So, yesterday +1 and I made the trek back to PA to visit with my family and see my little bro before he re-deploys to Iraq. When we got there, there was a surprise -- My older brother was there as well, along with his kid. Seeing Travis, I knew that I had to revert back into my role...as 'Uncle Scary Guy.'
Apparently, a year is a long time when you have just turned 4, and Uncle Scary Guy, while still kinda scary, isn't quite as bad as he used to be. Since there weren't tears and screams of terror simply from me showing up, I knew I had to up the ante. It was time, I decided, to introduce Travis to the swirley.
The swirley, for those who aren't initiated (though I have a hard time believing such people exist), involved holding the victim upside down and lowering them into the bowl of a toilet as you flush it. It's great fun for the perpetrator and any and all on-lookers. Maybe not so much for the victim.
Anyway, Travis got his very first swirley, and my position as Uncle Scary Guy was safe, at least for a little while. An hour or so later, I wasn't as scary anymore, and the kid was getting brave.
"Hey Travis," I inquired. "Want another swirley?"
"Yeah."
"Really? Okay"
Before he knew what was happening, I had scooped him up and away we went, toward the toilet. About four or five feet from the bathroom door, he realized what he was in for and began to struggle. I decided to relent.
"Okay, Travis, I'll make a deal. You can get a swirley or give Grandma a hug."
He paused, thinking about this for a minute before answering...
"Flush it!" | | comments: Leave a comment |
| Seriously, people, why don't we all just learn to read?
The Constitution clearly states that a member of Congress can't take another position in government during the same term in which that position had its pay increased.
A Senator is clearly a member of Congress.
The pay for the position of Secretary of State was increased earlier this year.
So, combining these three points, how the hell can Obama think he can appoint Hillary as Secretary of State? Dude, if you want to make that shitty decision, you have to wait until her current term is expired.
If this is the "change" he promised -- a change that means nothing more than the continued destruction of even the plainest language in the Constitution -- then I'm really beginning to regret my vote. Hell, at least with McCumstain you knew he had no respect for the rule of law. | | comments: 5 comments or Leave a comment |
| Ssshhhhh! Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm skipping out on work right now.
No, not employment-type work, but form Erica-induced work. "We" decided that "we" should clean today. The whole apartment. And somehow, when "we" divided up the tasks, I got kitchen duty. Yay!
I think the same decision has now been made about the stovetop and its accumulated grease and gunk as has been made about my bathroom...cleaning more often is definitely called for...
Yeah, but cleaning, some holiday, I tell ya... | | comments: Leave a comment |
| For the last little bit, I've been doing on-line tutoring during the evenings as a second job. (Holy crap! Income that isn't automatically spent on incoming bills and paying down debts!!!!) It's been 4 nights a week for about 20-25 hours total each week. Well, on Wednesday i got an email stating that they are over-staffed, so my Tuesday and Thursday hours are being eliminated.
Well, thinks I, that sucks, but truth be told, the extra sleep that will allow will make getting up at 6 for my full-time job a bit more doable. So, it sucks, but it's end the end of the world.
Not, at least, until Thursday....
It's about 6:30, and I'm relaxing with some dinner when my phone goes off. I look, but the number is ID-blocked so I don't answer it. (Sorry, if you won't tell me who you are, I don't want to talk to you.) I do, however, check the voicemail that's left.
"Hi. This is from BrainFart (not the company's real name). We don't have enough tutors scheduled tonight, so if you're available, please log on and we'll get you connected."
Can we say "Hell no!"? Yes we can! | | comments: 5 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | Fuck! | | Time: | 07:02 pm |
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| Fuck! Fuck, fuckity-fuck fuck. FUCK!
From now on, the entire state of Iowa is on my list. Permanently.
I will have my revenge, you corn-picking pieces of shit!
Oh yes, I will.
But now it's time to hurt the liver. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| I was this close. THIS close...
I went to vote after skipping out of work a little early, and almost got the opportunity to vote twice. I checked in, asked for my paper ballot, and was heading toward the little desk and screens when I heard her.
"Excuse me, sir..."
I turned around, and there she was -- the poll worker who signed me in.
"I'm terribly sorry, but I forgot to have you sign this."
I looked down and there, in her hands, was the voter registration log. Disappointed, I smiled, said "No problem," and signed my name.
Damnit, and here I thought I was going to get to vote twice! | | comments: Leave a comment |
| We went on a 6-mile off-trail hike on Saturday at Batelle-Darby Creek metropark. It was fun, but tough at spots (especially since our guide took the wrong path and made it even tougher on us). Overall, it was a great time, and we even got to scope out part of the former private retreat of one of the heirs to the Drumstick fortune. (I shit you not!)
What's not right, however, is that my legs are still killing me! Work is not going to be fun tomorrow! | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| I need a moment or two of your time. C'mon, that's the least you can do for a swing-state voter, right? So, today I looked over a copy of the sample ballot for this year's race, and I need some help from you all.
(But first, Cynthia McKinney? Seriously? The Greens picked that bat-shit crazy woman to run for President? No wonder no one takes third parties seriously!)
During the primaries, I wanted to take a look at all the candidates running for the two major parties -- basically, looking to see if there was someone I could support. I created a three-pronged test to weed candidates out: if you failed on one of these three items, positions I felt unable to compromise on (but really, I'm willing to compromise on most others), then I would not be able to support your candidacy. It may say more about my views than anything else, but every single candidate still in the running failed miserably by the time it we were to vote -- including the much hyped junior Senator from Illinois. Since the nominations, however, I have taken the time to inform myself of the respective platforms of the parties and the candidates, so I'm good on that information.
Obama's failure on that screening test is his support for a federal health insurance program (and no, semantic arguments about whether or not it is a "universal healthcare" program or not aren't going to win me over). I do, however, slightly prefer him over his only realistic competition on the ticket -- mostly on foreign policy grounds, but also because he seems much more able to at least consider a more nuanced view on any sort of policy. I am, however, very wary of many of his domestic positions.
Now, I am dead-set not going to vote for McSame and his retarded monkey sidekick (so I guess this would only be a half-vote pick-up for Obama). Let's get that straight from the start. But what I would like to hear are arguments on why Obama is worth voting for if it means an abandonment of principles. What makes this man worth compromising on uncompromisable positions? | | comments: 13 comments or Leave a comment |
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