Huzzah and So Forth

Things are starting to look up.

Today is my birthday.

I'm going back to St. Louis to visit my folks for a week.

I have a job interview next Friday with Kohl's Department Store.

My girlfriend is coming back from her internship in Utah.

Yup. Things are definitely looking up today.

RIP Team FUBAR

I must be gifted with the bard's tongue. Not ten minutes before my shift ends, I get called down to the HR office and receive my walking papers. Then the lady has the audacity to ask me not to make a scene. If she wants to harp on professionalism, she shouldn't let her company dismiss their contracters in such a weak way.

Only one of us survived, and I honestly thought it would be me. After all, I was actually in the middle of a project. But, I guess when they want to clean house, everythings got to go. Still sucks though.

Anywho, time to apply for unemployment and dust off the old resumes. I'm back to pounding the pavement again.

And Then There Was One

Just got word from my comrades upstairs. Apparently their last day is tomorrow, leaving me the only surviving member of the Team FUBAR proofreaders. I really enjoyed working with all those guys this summer. It will sure be different not seeing them in the lunch room or on smoke breaks. But this leads me to my next inevitable question. Could I be that far behind?

Looks like its time to get the resume out of mothballs and start cranking out new cover letters. You never know.

A Cure for the Common Cold...

...is not playing MVP 2005 until the wee hours of the morning. Well, midnight isn't exactly the wee hours, but it sure feels like it this morning. I slept through my alarm (all three of them) and was late picking up my carpool. It didn't seem like my ride buddy was too upset. After all most of the time she sleeps on the way to work.

Right now, I've finished with my assigned work. I'm waiting for more to come down the pipe. I have some backburner work I could do, but it's fairly involved and I don't want to wade into it just to have to drop it for something else.

Oh well, until then I will continue to blog, read news, and think of ways to make my life more interesting.

Rock Star No More

Staying out till 3 in the morning when you have to wake up for work the next day at 5 is never a smart thing to do. I'm going to have to deal the the fact that I might be getting too old for that sort of stuff. However, I can't deny that it was one hell of a good time.

Dodging Bullets Like Raindrops

I must live a charmed life. So many asinine work projects have been thrown my way but they have either been given to someone lower on the office food chain (I know. There's someone lower?!), or have been dissolved outright. Yeah, I hate it when work interrupts my web surfing. ;)

Friday is a Many Splendored Thing

A mere eight hours seperates me from a relaxing weekend. After a week of parking myself behind a computer monitor, this weekend is going to be good. Mind you, I don't have any huge plans, just some good quality R & R by myself and friends.

Viva la weekend.

Sit Around And Think Of You

Another rainy morning
Another rainy day
It's gonna be a long one,
But I'm stuck here anyway

--Fred Leblanc "Playing the Game of My Life"

Tuesdays aren't supposed to feel like Mondays, but yet here I am. I'm reaching for an imaginary cup of coffee and trying to motivate myself to attack the ever growing in pile on my desk.

I'd rather be outside, watching the storm clouds roll in. I'd rather be in bed sleeping, or better yet, curled up next to my girlfriend. Hell, I'd rather be in the gym getting my head kicked in by people in way better shape than I am.

I just don't have my head in the game this morning.

This Life Will Be Different

You died of either old age or a sickness. You are a
kind person and are smart. You have a good head
on your shoulders. But don't think that just
because your death wasn't exciting or extreme
that that makes you boring.


How did you die in your past life? (for everyone)
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I Won't Grow Up

you're in between a teenager and child...loyal to
your friends, and can be abit rebellious
too!!!!


how old are u at heart?
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Hanging in the Park.

There are weekends where you let everything hang out. You know the ones where you drink all night, stay out till five in the morning and wind up howling at the moon at the corner of some nameless street in the middle of nowhere. Last weekend was not one of those.

Saturday, after kung fu, my buddy James and a few of the other students decided to go to lunch at Dennys. Afterwards, we had difficulty trying to figure out what to do. Eventually, we found ourselves at the park across from my apartment. We wound up spending the rest of the afternoon just hanging by the swings and talking about what was on our minds. This was the first time I've discussed matters like this with these friends, and I learned quite a lot about them. It was nice just to hang out and learn more about the friends I train with outside of school.

Sunday I got to babysit my buddies kids while he and the wife headed to Chicago to run an errand. I've babysat before, but this was the first time I've cared for an infant by myself. Fortunatly both children were well behaved, and no real problems ever came up. Now I'm still convinced that I'm not ready for the whole marriage/family/child raising thing, but this weekend was a step in the right direction.

Quiz of the Day

You'll have a sweet relationship. To both of you,
it'll feel like it's first love again. You
might go slow, but it's long lasting. You care
for each other and will always be there no
matter what. Sometimes you can't even believe
you are this much in love.


What kind or relationship will you likely end up with? -=Great pics!=-
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Do Big Things

It could just be my wishful thinking but...

I can't explain it. Every so often I get a feeling deep in my bones. It's sort of a hum, a vibration that gives me a sort of edge, an unfocused anticipation to my day. I can't tell whether it's going to be a good thing or not. I can't even tell if it's going to affect me directly. But it's going to be something exciting, something big. And I want to be there when it all goes down.

Labor Day

You have to love a holiday that celebrates work by allowing oneself to sit on their ass. And that's exactly what I did this weekend. I had two good friends come to visit and we passed the time by going out to eat and watching copius amounts of television and movies (Ju-on, Nip/Tick, and Sin City totally kick ass.)

Monday we appeased the Star Wars gods by watching all six movies back to back. Comic book guy would be proud.